Workforce

Staff sickness and shortages are taking their toll on the sector, with a Pharmacy Today online survey showing some businesses are reducing their hours, while morale is plummeting. Paulette Crowley reports 

Employees are any company’s greatest assets and require nurturing and compassion, writes Katrina Azer, a clinical pharmacist for Tend Health

Sky-high salaries could mean New Zealand pharmacies “go to the wall”, as is happening in the UK, says the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand president. Paulette Crowley reports

Sky-high salaries could mean New Zealand pharmacies “go to the wall”, as is happening in the UK, says the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand president. Paulette Crowley reports

As Life Pharmacy Prices’ Nikki Welsh faces a stage-four cancer diagnosis, her staff of 61 are fundraising via a givealittle page to provide financial support to her family while they spend as much time with her as possible, Paulette Crowley reports

Another extension has been granted to spending the remaining $175,000 left in the Pharmacy Team Relief Fund 

Stephen Choong, a hospital pharmacist working in the Auckland area, says the pay agreement reached between the Public Service Association and the DHBs is a step towards better rights and pay for all allied health staff after two years of stagnation

Pharmacies in Southland are cutting hours and considering closing their doors because they’re struggling to find pharmacists

Allied health workers have voted to ratify the settlement reached by employers and the PSA last month. Over 98 percent of health professionals covered by the allied, public health, scientific and technical collective agreements voted to accept the deal - the same percentage who previously voted to take strike action

As Life Pharmacy Prices’ Nikki Welsh faces a stage-four cancer diagnosis, her staff of 61 are fundraising via a givealittle page to provide financial support to her family while they spend as much time with her as possible