Pharmacist

Appearing before the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal is nerve-wracking enough, but for the vast majority of pharmacists who appear, their name will be publicly connected to their misdemeanours for the rest of their careers. Yet, a new study shows this is not the case for other health professionals. Ruth Brown and Steve Hart report

Heeding the words of prime minister Jacinda Ardern, Sanders Pharmacy adopted a go hard and go early response to the COVID-19 pandemic before it reached our shores

Severe medicine-related harm is estimated to affect around 45,000 New Zealanders each year and kills more than double the number of people claimed by road accidents and suicide combined. And yet, no one is talking about it, says clinical pharmacist Pauline McQuoid

Clinical excellence, kindness and devotion to her community are just a few of the qualities that make Northland pharmacist Jilly Williams (Ngāpuhi) stand out

From blurred boundaries to the next big thing in pharmacy, Pauline McQuoid chats to Anna Lee about clinical pharmacy and life in the beautiful Bay of Plenty

From blurred boundaries to the next big thing in pharmacy, Pauline McQuoid chats to Anna Lee about clinical pharmacy and life in the beautiful Bay of Plenty

A Pharmacy Today online survey reveals some anxiety about the safety of the COVID_19 vaccine and other concerns about logistics and overload from the population-wide rollout 

The Independent Pharmacists’ Association of New Zealand will celebrate its official one-year anniversary after a “successful” first year as an independent society 

The Pharmaceutical Schedule has been updated to allow pharmacist prescribers to apply for special authority to prescribe specific restricted medicines from today

A change to prescribing rules will make it easier for New Zealanders to get the medicines they need, according to both the Ministry of Health and PHARMAC.