Ten thousand health workers, including around 400 pharmacy staff are deciding whether they will go on strike after pay negotiations with the DHBs broke down
Pharmacy owners are concerned that more interns than usual failed their assessments last year, meaning a smaller influx of much-needed talent into the struggling workforce
Pharmacies may have to wait until New Zealand enters phase three of its response to the Omicron variant COVID- 19 outbreak before they can supply rapid antigen tests to the public.
Pharmacy owners are concerned that more interns than usual failed their assessments last year, meaning a smaller influx of much-needed talent into the struggling workforce.
One of the architects of an overhaul of the health system believes pharmacists in the future will play a greater role in vaccination and treating minor health conditions in the community.
Health minister Andrew Little still has no plans to take action on removing the $5 copayment, although he now says it is an issue the Government will inevitably have to address.
Despite having a prestigious career spanning more than 40 years at the forefront of developments in New Zealand pharmacy, Linda Bryant was still surprised when she received a New Year Honour this year.
An application to reclassify the gout prevention medicine allopurinol for dispensing without a prescription by trained pharmacists, has been delayed at the request of the submitter.
Waiuku pharmacist Feras Dawood has been struck off and fined for attempting to frame a junior colleague for a dispensing error he made that resulted in a woman being hospitalised.
