Community Pharmacy

Pharmacist Steve Thompson recently trained as a health coach and tells Paulette Crowley how it has shifted his thinking about healthcare, even if the concept isn’t easy to incorporate into the business

The Government should invest in stretched general practices to boost childhood immunisation rates before funding pharmacies to immunise infants, argues General Practice Owners Association chair Angus Chambers

A Hawke’s Bay pharmacy has hit the jackpot for a customer by selling a million-dollar Lotto ticket in December

Documents released under the Official Information Act show a single South Island pharmacy owner who had enough was the catalyst for the controversial unannounced audits programme being halted and put under review. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates

The workforce woes keep coming as being understaffed and underpaid continues to pile pressure on exhausted pharmacy staff. And fewer students are choosing to become pharmacists, reports Paulette Crowley

Under the health reforms the landscape of primary care is changing, with new roles such as health coaches emerging in general practice, pharmacies and beyond. Paulette Crowley looks at how pharmacists fit into the picture

Medsafe has pushed the pause button on a trial of pharmacy e-lockers in Auckland.

2023 was a huge year for pharmacy. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks back at the biggest events

Under the health reforms the landscape of primary care is changing, with new roles such as health coaches emerging in general practice, pharmacies and beyond. Paulette Crowley looks at how pharmacists fit into the picture

Medsafe has pushed the pause button on a trial of pharmacy e-lockers in Auckland.