The Health and Disability System Review panel’s vision for community-based services includes more integration, a funding ringfence and fewer DHBs. Jonathan Chilton-Towle asks what, if anything, it means for the pharmacy sector
Medicinal cannabis should be available through pharmacies before the end of this year, says Sally King who heads the body representing New Zealand’s fledgling medicinal cannabis industry
An external investigation is under way at Middlemore Hospital after a patient death which is possibly related to a fault in an automated medicine dispensing machine
Natural products manufacturer HoneyLab has been able to bypass restrictions on making health claims about natural products by getting three of its honey products reclassified as medical devices
A Nelson pharmacy company has been fined nearly $400,000 for facilitating a price-fixing agreement between competing pharmacies to charge an additional $1 for prescription fees.
Pharmacy staff often find themselves dealing with stressed and anxious customers, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made its occurrence more frequent. Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to Auckland pharmacy owner Hee Sueng Lee about how pharmacy staff can help customers who raise mental health concerns
Pharmacy sector leaders and a major medicines manufacturer have collaborated to create a new guidance document to help pharmacists follow correct procedures when supplying sildenafil without a prescription
