Hospital

About 100 hospital pharmacists attended the first annual conference in three years of the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’ Association last month. Paulette Crowley reports on some of the highlights

Take advantage of being a highly trusted health professional when talking to vaccine-hesitant patients, says vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris

KIM BRACKLEY, clinical lead pharmacist education training and practice research at Te Whatu Ora Auckland, was designated Fellow of the association at the conference, for her 20 years of distinguished service to hospital pharmacy 

The New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’ Association held its annual conference at the weekend and presented awards to the shining stars 

Some pharmacists are now switching eligible hospital patients from IV to oral antibiotics after a study found it produced good clinical outcomes and is cost-effective, writes Paulette Crowley

A Te Whatu Ora report says a trial to alleviate pressure on ED by using pharmacies deserves a closer look, writes Jonathan Chilton-Towle

Access to the first preventive medicine for COVID-19 will be limited to a very targeted group of severely immunocompromised people via hospital specialists, says RNZCGP medical director Bryan Betty 

The PSA says employment talks between pharmacists, Auckland DHB and a private healthcare provider are going well as staff consider transferring jobs, Paulette Crowley writes

THE DHBS HAVE made a pay offer to 10,000 allied health workers, including 400 hospital pharmacy staff, that may put an end to a long-running dispute.

The first two influenza cases have been detected in New Zealand hospitals since the borders began opening and managed isolation facilities wound down