August 2019

The Pharmacy Council will not delay the implementation of its proposed changes to pharmacist recertification, despite the Pharmaceutical Society asking it to do so

The MidCentral DHB has created a new strategy envisioning an integrated service model for the region’s 32 community pharmacies, but local pharmacists say more funding is needed to put the strategy in place

Christchurch-based pharmacy intern Laura Pidcock has a long, hard look at what it means to be a pharmacist

Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael urges pharmacists to expand their horizons

The ongoing prosecution of the makers of the joint supplement Arthrem has been delayed until this month

"Another day older and deeper in debt” is a song lyric about Kentucky coal mining that could be applied to New Zealand’s DHBs.

Audit performance is continuing to improve, Medsafe’s latest figures show, but full compliance remains below 50 per cent

Rapid tests used to check for strep throat in Green Cross Health pharmacies are inaccurate and no pharmacists should be performing strep-screening tests, the New Zealand Medical Association says

With several new Chemist Warehouse stores opening in Auckland in coming weeks, their free prescription offers are being matched by more and more Green Cross Health pharmacies

Pharmacies are struggling more than ever to collect the $5 copayment, with stiff competition from chains offering free prescriptions