Community Pharmacy

The Summer Holidays are finally here. To give you some inspiration for what to do with all the well-earned free time you (hopefully) have, we look back at some of the amazing hobby activities other pharmacists get up to

A former medicines control auditor believes the organisation made the wrong decision when it approved auditors to conduct unannounced audits of pharmacies at any time of day

The long-awaited recommendations of a mental health and addiction inquiry are a step in the right direction but “a lot of hard work” lies ahead, says the new Pharmaceutical Society president

Pharmacists are being invited to take part in a Medsafe survey aiming to understand how they report adverse drug reactions

Graeme Smith has stepped down as president of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand following three years in the job

Two Wellington pharmacy owners who refused to take “no” for an answer will finally open a wellness bar within their pharmacy, following a long-running battle with Ministry of Health officials

The deregulation of pharmacy ownership is back in the spotlight with the long-awaited draft version of the Therapeutic Products Bill due out for consultation by the end of the year

Medsafe has issued a second warning of potential liver harm caused by herbal supplements containing Artemisia annua extract – mainly Arthrem – with more users presenting with hepatotoxicity

Forty-four Auckland pharmacies have signed up for the second phase of a programme to reduce preventable harm in primary care

Community pharmacists are being asked to share good practices they’ve developed to ensure people with a disability have access to services