September 2024

The return of the $5 prescription fee last month has hit community pharmacy hard with one pharmacist saying his scripts are down by 20 per cent.

TAKING RISKS IN business is something Abdul Eraki is familiar with. He and a fellow student had taken out a lease on a pharmacy before they’d passed their internship more than nine years ago.

A pollen-monitoring programme led by a Kiwi pharmacist is urgently seeking further funding as the sneezing season is nearly upon us.

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS should be aware of the signs of methamphetamine poisoning after a potentially lethal dose of the drug was found in lollies donated to the Auckland City Mission.

Academics from the University of Otago: Esther Willing, Peter Crampton, Robin Gauld; and from the University of Auckland: Jaime King, Paula Lorgelly and Tim Tenbensel onsider the parlous state of the health system

Clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer shares her thoughts on compassion fatigue and stressors in the modern pharmacy environment

Pharmacy ownership rules have been shaken up by the ruling of a recent High Court case. Medsafe group manager Chris James discusses what pharmacy owners will need to do to ensure they follow the new rules

A University of Otago study has found patients of pharmacies that offered free prescriptions were less likely to be adherent to their diabetes medicine than patients of pharmacies that did not.

FOUR NEW regional deputy chief executives and two deputy commissioners have been appointed at Te Whatu Ora.

A junior pharmacist who mistakenly dispensed an antidepressant instead of a fertility medication has been found to have breached a patient’s rights by the Health and Disability Commissioner.