Ministry of Health

New Zealand’s 2021 flu vaccination programme will “definitely” start on 14 April says Immunisation Advisory Centre national influenza coordinator Barbara McArdle

Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa –Māori Pharmacists’ Association president Kevin Pewhairangi is concerned the Pharmacy Council did not take a partnership approach to developing its new recertification framework for pharmacists

Submissions are rolling in on new regulations for selling vaping products but there are signs the­ ­pharmacy sector’s interest in selling such products is on the wane

Eight months on from the original announcement of an $18 ­million COVID fund for pharmacy, $431,875 has now been allocated

New Zealanders gathered around their televisions last night with a growing sense of déjà vu, as prime minister Jacinda Ardern and director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield held a press conference following the confirmation of three COVID-19 community cases in Auckland

Hugh Lopdell from Oak Park Chartered Accountants made a splash on Facebook with his video on the state of play in New Zealand pharmacy after the arrival of large discount pharmacies. Here, you can read the text of his popular video 

The Ministry of Health has ­revealed only 4150 of 350,000 MMR vaccines bought last year for a targeted programme have been administered since July 2020, and only 45 by pharmacist vaccinators 

The Ministry of Health’s plans for the New Zealand pharmacy sector can be summed up in two words: medicines optimisation

The Ministry of Health’s plans for the New Zealand pharmacy sector can be summed up in two words: medicines optimisation

The Ministry of Health has ­revealed only 4150 of 350,000 MMR vaccines bought last year for a targeted programme have been administered since July 2020, and only 45 by pharmacist vaccinators