Prescribing

There are concerns some people are going around pharmacies getting large quantities of nicotine replacement products and smuggling them into prisons. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

A Canterbury pilot that involves pharmacists being able to treat people with skin conditions or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is starting this month.

A Canterbury pilot that involves pharmacists being able to treat people with skin conditions or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is starting this month.

There are concerns some people are going around pharmacies getting large quantities of nicotine replacement products and smuggling them into prisons. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

Retired specialist GP and acknowledged ADHD expert Tony Hanne has been censured and suspended for one year by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, with restrictions placed on any future practice and an order to pay $175,120 in fines and costs

Mental health pharmacist Keith Crump is retiring after 50 years of work in the field. He talks to Natasha Jojoa Burling about trying to make a difference

The Auckland and Otago pharmacy schools are getting funding for a combined 80 places on their pharmacist prescriber courses. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

Pharmacist prescriber courses are getting a $5-million funding boost over the next three years

A new poll suggests 86 percent of people support or strongly support keeping prescriptions free. Even those who back the parties that make up the Coalition Government are largely in favour of not reintroducing the charges

An online telehealth provider under investigation by Medsafe for violating advertising rules does not offer online details about the individuals conducting its virtual consultations