WellSouth Primary Health Network has created two new pharmacist roles aimed at improving health outcomes for Māori and Pacific communities in Otago and Southland
Many pharmacists fear making controlled drugs more available would lead criminals to increasingly target pharmacies at the same time as it potentially worsened opioid addiction problems
Pharmacists will need to judge whether a customer has been “displaced” due to damage inflicted by Cyclone Gabrielle and so be eligible for a prescription fee waiver
Pharmacists in areas where the $5 prescription charge was temporarily waived following Cyclone Gabrielle say the change has improved medicines access, and they want it extended