16 Sep 2025

What is happening to our pharmacy industry?

From Afternoons, 1:11 pm on 16 September 2025

A shortage of registered pharmacists means the sector is under an immense amount of pressure.

But what are pharmacists saying and what is being done to ease workforce stress? 

Sunil Kumar, Dispensary Manager and UniChem Grey Lynn and Michael Hammond, President, Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand talk to Jesse.

Bottles of pills

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