Community Pharmacy

Following record customer numbers in March, retail sales have plummeted since the nationwide Level 4 lockdown, raising concerns over the future of independently owned pharmacies in New Zealand

A simple, cheap, but effective initiative is being rolled out in Whanganui district to target patients with chronic respiratory illness

More than 150 former pharmacists have answered the call to return to work during the COVID-19 crisis

The Government is preparing a $15 million payment to support pharmacies during the COVID-19 crisis

As New Zealanders’ COVID-19 concerns climbed and with the economic impact hitting businesses, dollars were rapidly accumulating in the tills of pharmacies last month as customer numbers soared. 

We’ve all heard about panic buying at the supermarkets in response to the COVID-19 pandemic but pharmacies are now struggling to keep popular medicines in stock thanks to widespread medicines stockpiling.  

The Pharmacy Guild has announced a partnership with Pharmacy Sleep Services which offers participating pharmacies an in-pharmacy programme for the testing, diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea.  

Following the unprecedented onslaught of patients panic-buying, pharmacists across the country are feeling the after-effects of a ‘rollercoaster’ month 

Director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield has waived the requirement of a prescriber’s signature for electronic prescriptions to enable remote prescribing during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis

The Ministry of Health and the Immunisation Advisory Centre have moved to allay vaccinators’ fears over lack of protective equipment when administering vaccine