RNZCGP

Pharmacists are quietly confident they will be up to the task of offering childhood vaccinations should a proposal before the Medicines Classification Committee to expand access to vaccines get the green light. 

The Board of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has announced that the College will not proceed with its registrars’ first year clinical exams that were planned to commence at the end of February 2022

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners supports the call for mandatory vaccinations for those in the health and disability sector as announced this afternoon by COVID-19 Minister Chris Hipkins

The increase of vaccine hesitancy caused by misinformation about the safety of the COVID vaccine is frustrating, and needs to stop, says Dr Bryan Betty, medical director at The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

The Countdown supermarket chain has instituted a limit on paracetamol sales following the overdose death of a Dunedin student, but pharmacy and GP leaders are calling for even tighter restrictions

The death by overdose of a Dunedin student has sparked calls to bring paracetamol into line with UK standards and restrict it to pharmacy-only sales. 

Pharmacists will now be able to give the MMR vaccine - as soon as contracts with DHBs are agreed on

The NZMA has come out in support of a survey showing most people want prescription medication advertising banned 

A meta-analysis of polypill trials for cardiovascular disease prevention has Auckland professor of general practice Bruce Arroll sold on the idea 

Rural health leaders are urging the RNZCGP to put more emphasis on coordinating training programmes in the upcoming refresh of its rural strategy