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Table 5 Other services currently provided by the pharmacy

From: A national survey of pharmacists and interns in Aotearoa New Zealand: provision and views of extended services in community pharmacies

Service

Currently provided by the pharmacy (%)a

Intend to provide in future (%)a,b

Supply of nicotine replacement therapy

90 (2)

37 (33)

Blood pressure

81 (< 1)

16 (47)

Smoking cessation counselling

74 (4)

30 (43)

Opioid substitution therapy

68 (< 1)

9 (37)

Pharmacy clozapine service

54 (< 1)

14 (36)

Blood glucose

23 (3)

14 (52)

Vitamin B12

10 (3)

11 (53)

Group A streptococcus

9 (3)

12 (52)

Cholesterol

7 (3)

11 (50)

Bone density

6 (3)

6 (47)

HbA1c

2 (3)

10 (55)

Iron

1 (3)

10 (53)

Other

4 (9)

< 1 (23)

  1. Notes: a) Percentage reporting ‘Yes’ with percentage reporting “Don’t Know” in brackets; b) Only asked of those not already providing the service; i.e. additional provision; c) Of the 554 community pharmacists, 1.4% had left the survey at this point