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A woman with chronic pain died of oxycodone toxicity two days after her GP prescribed an increase in the drug

A pharmacy that mistakenly dispensed a fast-release insulin pen instead of a slow-release pen has been found to have breached a patient’s rights by the health and disability commissioner

The Health and Disability Commissioner has criticised a pharmacy for a dispensing error that resulted in a child’s hospitalisation after being mistakenly given an antipsychotic medication instead of an antihistamine

A pharmacist has been criticised by the deputy health and disability commissioner after she failed to inform a patient of the potential side effects an incorrectly dispensed medication could have during pregnancy

A woman with a severe penicillin allergy died after being prescribed Augmentin despite multiple safeguards, including a medical alert necklace and prominent warning notes.

A woman with a severe penicillin allergy died after being prescribed Augmentin despite multiple safeguards, including a medical alert necklace and prominent warning notes

The deputy health and disability commissioner has asked a pharmacist to apologise to a deceased patient’s family and told a pharmacy to amend its procedures after the pharmacist failed to pick up an intern’s dispensing error.

The deputy health and disability commissioner has asked a pharmacist to apologise to a deceased patient’s family and told a pharmacy to amend its procedures after the pharmacist failed to pick up an intern’s dispensing error

Pharmacist and non-practising lawyer Máté Hegedus-Gaspar explains the professional perils of short-staffed pharmacies

Pharmacist and non-practising lawyer Máté Hegedus-Gaspar explains the professional perils of short-staffed pharmacies