December 2020

The Ministry of Health has indefinitely delayed its deadline for health professionals to phase out fax machines days before the change was due to come into force

Results from the cannabis referendum showed that, as a nation, we are not ready to legalise cannabis. However, patients with a variety of problems ask to be prescribed medicinal cannabis. Psychiatrist David Codyre, reviews the evidence for both benefits and harms of cannabinoids

Jo Hikaka, pharmacist and past president of Ngā Kaitiaki o te Puna Rongoā – the Māori Pharmacists Association, talks about her latest research on equitable access to medicines 

A study showing disparities in metformin prescribing is an important step in unpicking a complex situation, says Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners clinical director and Porirua GP Bryan Betty

Increasingly outlandish gender reveal parties align perfectly with the values of an economy that’s always scrolling for the next best thing, writes Jenna Drenten   

Not many people clock up half a century in the same job. Jonathan Chilton-Towle, speaks to 81-year-old Perina Kuljis from ProPharma about her long history of customer service which is not over yet

Pharmacy workers are well used to deciphering an oddly written script or two