April 2024

Kia ora.

The proportion of COVID-19 vaccinations given by community pharmacies has rocketed ahead of other providers. Pharmacies are also now the second biggest providers of flu jabs. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

A Canterbury pilot that involves pharmacists being able to treat people with skin conditions or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is starting this month.

MEDSAFE’S CONTROVERSIAL unannounced pharmacy audits are still paused, for now.

There are concerns some people are going around pharmacies getting large quantities of nicotine replacement products and smuggling them into prisons. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

Nearly 40 community pharmacies are waiting for Medsafe to decide whether e-lockers will be permitted for use in their stores.

OVERALL STUDENT numbers are climbing at the schools of pharmacy in Auckland and Otago.

An error by Te Whatu Ora in calculating pharmacy payments left 186 pharmacies out of pocket by a combined total of $775,000 and all other pharmacies were overpaid by the same amount.

Graduate pharmacists starting work in rural areas have two weeks left to apply for bonding payments worth nearly $20,000 if they continue to work in those areas for the first three to five years of their career.

The new Government began the process of repealing the Therapeutic Products Act last month, but pharmaceutical sector leaders say they are still in the dark about what will replace it.