Pharmacists support people to manage their health and wellbeing. Because pharmacists are accessible to many New Zealanders and have relevant professional knowledge, they play an important role keeping people healthy and well. Services pharmacists provide vary from pharmacy to pharmacy, but can smoking cessation advice, flu vaccinations, and medicine management.

Funded interpreters can also be booked through Interpreting New Zealand, to help better serve patients. Phone Interpreting NZ: Free phone 0508 468 377 or book online: www.interpret.org.nz/book-an-interpreter

The Pharmacy Council MUR competence standards require accredited MUR & MTA pharmacists to regularly participate in a Peer Support Group. The aim of these groups is to share and learn from each others' experiences.

The LTC service supports patients with identified medication adherence issues to become self-managing with their medications. The community pharmacy service is available to those patients with a long term health condition, such as diabetes, heart or respiratory problems, depression or arthritis.