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Letting pharmacists prescribe S4 (prescription only) drugs would save the health budget $700 million a year and prevent millions of GP visits, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has claimed, as its political lobbying ramps up

University of Otago researchers are calling for the $5 prescription copayment to be scrapped after their randomised control trial showed the fee is damaging the health of vulnerable populations

Hawke’s Bay clinicians have described what they say is the first reported case of COVID-associated bilateral anterior necrotising scleritis, a serious eye condition, in a double-vaccinated patient 

Pharmacy schools are taking novel approaches to attract students to the profession, as a shortage of pharmacists bites.

Five Upper Hutt pharmacies are extending their clinical scope to provide services to patients with minor illnesses in a 12-month pilot. Paulette Crowley reports 

Clinical pharmacist facilitators employed by Te Whatu Ora Hawke’s Bay will go on strike on 10 February. 

The controversial practice of conducting unannounced pharmacy audits has been temporarily halted

Pharmacist extraordinaire Natalie Gauld is honoured for to be recognised with a New Year Honour her work on improving access to medicines, among her many achievements. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports 

Viv Bath tells how she has dealt with many a storm over the years at Kaeo Pharmacy 

The health portfolio shifts into the hands of a medical practitioner in new prime minister Chris Hipkins’ Cabinet reshuffle