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Maintaining the controlleddrugs register book is a dreaded and time-consuming task for many pharmacists but a solution may be coming soon. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

A boost in Crown funding might be needed to allow Te Whatu Ora to meet its financial obligations, according to auditor-general John Ryan

Jody Hopkinson speaks to Bruce Russell, the new head of the Otago School of Pharmacy

Free health checks are being offered by Chemist Warehouse pharmacists from the company’s new “wellness van”

The Health and Disability Commissioner has found a pharmacy breached a patient’s rights by mistakenly dispensing him another patient’s prescription for the Parkinson disease medication Sinemet

The future of the voluntary bonding scheme for pharmacy is in doubt after Te Whatu Ora confirmed the programme has been delayed due to financial considerations

Jody Hopkinson visited the University of Waikato’s new School of Pharmacy last month

The coalition government’s dismantling of Te Aka Whai Ora demonstrated “reckless disregard for the Maaori–Crown relationship”, says a report released today by the Waitangi Tribunal 

Seventy-seven cases of whooping cough were reported for the week ending Friday 22 November, with the Southern region seeing the most cases, at 12 

UPDATED: Te Whatu Ora staff were today given more details on the agency’s latest job-cut proposal, which, according to the Public Service Association, could see almost 1500 jobs axed