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Medsafe has pushed the pause button on a trial of pharmacy e-lockers in Auckland.

2023 was a huge year for pharmacy. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks back at the biggest events

Kia ora.

Medsafe has pushed the pause button on a trial of pharmacy e-lockers in Auckland.

REMOVING THE $5 prescription fee has made healthcare in New Zealand demonstrably better and pharmacists think the National Party’s plan to reinstate the fees for most people will have “disastrous” consequences, a survey conducted by the Prescription Access Initiative shows.

2023 was a huge year for pharmacy. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks back at the biggest events

Pharmacists are not happy that the Pharmacy Council wants to increase pharmacists’ Annual Practising Certificate fee and disciplinary levy by $75 next year.

New Zealand’s hospital pharmacists gathered earlier this month to share the latest advancements in hospital pharmacy and recognise excellence in the profession. 

The incoming coalition Government is committed to bringing back the $5 prescription fee, ACT Party leader David Seymour says

The pharmacy sector will gain an additional $8 million in backdated funding this year, after every contract holder agreed to change the contract start date by Te Whatu Ora’s deadline