Editor Jonathan Chilton-Towle writes about how sector underfunding is putting barriers in the way of overseas workers, who can help to fill the staff shortages in pharmacy

Foreign interns and the pharmacy owners who employed them are shocked internship fees are increasing by 33 per cent. Jody Hopkinson reports

The team responsible for overseeing the electronic prescribing system might be about to lose their jobs, Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

THE PHARMACY COUNCIL and Medical Council could be replaced by a Crown entity to regulate pharmacists, doctors and other registered health practitioners, under a review of the current health-worker registration act.

THE BODY REPRESENTING New Zealand natural product manufacturers says the lack of modern regulation for the sector means New Zealand companies continue to struggle to compete on the world stage.