Ministry of Health

The COVID-19 pandemic provides the perfect opportunity to highlight the high number of incorrect prescriptions being sent through the New Zealand Electronic Prescription Service (NZePS), and to finally get something done about the problem

Director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield believes pharmacy’s performance during the COVID-19 vaccination rollout shows the sector is ready to expand its vaccination role

New Zealand’s first-ever ‘Vaxathon’ will take place this weekend on ‘Super Saturday’ (16 October) – a national day of action that calls on every remaining eligible New Zealander to get their shot

Former Pharmacy Council members Emma Salis and Charlotte Schimanski resigned from the council because they felt the organisation did not share their values, and their careers and professional reputations would be at risk if they remained on the board

Former Pharmacy Council members Emma Salis and Charlotte Schimanski resigned from the council because they felt the organisation did not share their values, and their careers and professional reputations would be at risk if they remained on the board

The COVID-19 pandemic provides the perfect opportunity to highlight the high number of incorrect prescriptions being sent through the New Zealand Electronic Prescription Service (NZePS), and to finally get something done about the problem.

Today is World Pharmacists Day and the Ministry of Health would like to thank the sector for their agility, and commitment to the COVID-19 response and vaccine rollout

The present and former presidents of the Pharmaceutical Society are disappointed there are no pharmacists on the interim boards of the Māori Health Authority and Health New Zealand

The Pharmacy Council has announced $500,000 in relief funding is now available for community pharmacy – and it will be delivered on a first in, first served basis 

Despite ordering more vaccines than ever before, this season’s flu vaccination rollout has so far been an anticlimax