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A group of students at the University of Otago School of Pharmacy have proposed a bridging course guideline to train overseas pharmacists who wish to practise in New Zealand

The Far North is mourning the loss of former pharmacist and community leader Eric Shackleton

The newest member of the Pharmaceutical Society board is being described as a “firecracker” and a “dynamo”

While the winter minor-ailments scheme has ended, pharmacists in three regions still have funding to treat minor conditions 

Andrew Little was health minister from November 2020 to 1 February 2023 and, as such, shepherded into being the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act, enabling the current health reforms

Unless someone high profile gets it, most of us aren't thinking about the dangers of catching Covid-19 now. We should be – it's our country's biggest infectious disease killer, twice as deadly as influenza

The Prescription Access Initiative is holding on to hope that the change in Government may not result in the $5 prescription fee being reintroduced

Allied health workers including hospital pharmacists, represented by the New Zealand Public Service Association have voted overwhelmingly to accept the pay equity deal offered by Te Whatu Ora

Te Whatu Ora has agreed to fund 205 pharmacy accuracy checking technicians (PACTs) to be trained over two and a half years, starting in November.

Martin Johnston reports on the markers of stress in general practice, where the feeling of failing to cope is palpable