Pharmacy Council

Pharmacists will not have to undertake additional training to be able to dispense melatonin without a prescription, unless they decide for themselves they need it

The Pharmacy Council is proposing an increase of just under 1 per cent to next year’s annual practising certificate fee

Name suppression has lapsed for a Waikato pharmacist found guilty of misconduct by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal in March

Pharmacists wanting to be prescribers no longer have to complete a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy first, the Pharmacy Council has decided

No one knows who the members of the Pharmacy Council will be in a few months’ time, but a new chair has been elected – at least for now

Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael on the fairness question in pharmacy auditing

The Pharmacy Council and Medsafe have signed a memorandum of understanding to make it easier for the organisations to share information and subsequently do a better job as regulators

Health sector regulatory bodies are facing uncertainty and operational problems caused by long delays in ministerial appointments of board members

Pharmacists interested in putting their hand up for the Pharmacy Council board have four days left to apply, after “human error” at the Ministry of Health meant the positions were not as widely advertised as possible

The Pharmacy Guild has formally told the Pharmacy Council it is concerned by its proposed annual practising certificate fee increase and past increases