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GP leaders are frustrated and “extraordinarily” disappointed at yesterday’s decision to allow pharmacist vaccinators to deliver six-week infant vaccinations

The health select committee has recommended that the legislation to return pseudoephedrine to pharmacy shelves proceed to its second reading without changes

Pharmacist vaccinators have been given the green light to offer several childhood immunisations

Associate health minister Casey Costello is seeking approval from Cabinet to repeal the Therapeutic Products Act this week 

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand’s error in calculating pharmacy payments has left 186 pharmacies out of pocket by a combined total of $775,000 and all other pharmacies were overpaid by the same amount

E-locker innovator Grant Bai is frustrated at Medsafe holding up nearly 40 community pharmacies being able to use the click-and-collect system

A new “social investment overlay” to fund projects involving community health providers such as GPs has been unveiled by health minister Shane Reti

Graduate pharmacists starting work in rural areas have six weeks 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

During the election, the National Party pledged to fund 13 cancer treatments if elected. But New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa understands at least six have already been, or recommended to be, declined or haven’t even been registered with Pharmac for approval

Pharmacists will be the predominant part of the government-funded Comprehensive Primary and Community Team work in the southern part of Tasman district, southwest of Nelson City