June 2024

The Government’s plan to reinstate the $5 prescription fee for most New Zealanders will lead to an increase in hospitalisations, costing the country tens of millions of dollars a year, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University researchers have found.

Pseudoephedrine-based cold and flu medications can now be purchased from pharmacists

Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to Rhiannon Braund, the head of New Zealand’s third pharmacy school, about the preparations under way

Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to former chief pharmacy advisor Andi Shirtcliffe about her time at the Ministry of Health

TWO KAITAIA pharmacies marked ANZAC Day with impressive displays featuring local veterans, prompting much support from the community.

Described as a true gentleman, pharmacist Earle Shaw is remembered for his sterling work in the profession and his heart of gold, as Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

A mobile-pharmacist role in the South Island is helping Māori patients get reviews of their medications and understand the reasons for taking them. Fiona Cassie reports

Pharmacists are facing stressed patients after the ongoing shortage issues of oestradiol patches led to supplies of two strengths of the hormone replacement therapy running out

New Zealand’s rates of persistent use of opioids may be cause for concern, University of Auckland School of Pharmacy lecturer Jay Gong says.

DISPENSING DATA for COVID-19 antivirals suggest there may have been inequitable access to the treatments.