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A joint set of prescribing principles has been developed collaboratively by seven responsible authorities that regulate health practitioners who prescribe, to help ensure public safety by promoting consistent prescribing practice across Aotearoa New Zealand

Council is proud to have been one of the seven responsible authorities (RAs) that worked together to develop the Principles for Quality and Safe Prescribing Practice
 

Around 15,000 Kiwis living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the fourth leading cause of death in NZ, could benefit from the funding of a new medicine that will allow them to switch from using multiple inhalers to the first single inhaler treatment for the disease

Today, September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day, a time to reflect on New Zealand’s confronting suicide statistics, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says

More than 80 per cent of New Zealand women being tested have opted for a world-leading self-test for cervical screening since it became available a year ago

A Crown Response Office is being established within the Public Service Commission to drive the Government’s response to the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care

The stress within New Zealand’s health system is placing unsustainable pressure on our pharmacy sector and impacting negatively on patient care according to a workforce survey conducted by the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand (PSNZ)

GPNZ wholeheartedly endorses the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand’s (PSNZ) call for more funding and professional support across all parts of our health system, on the back of its latest workforce survey

The chronic shortage of general practice doctors will only get worse until the government steps in to fix the main problem – a lack of funding for primary healthcare