Dunne announces NZ Medicines Formulary
Monday 05 September 2011, 4:36PMHealth professionals will soon have access to an up-to-date, comprehensive and New Zealand-specific medicines information resource, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne announced today
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Decision-makers back concept of tobacco-free NZ by 2025
Monday 05 September 2011, 8:54AMResearch led by the University of Otago, Wellington shows that senior officials, health practitioners, decision-makers and opinion-leaders support bold new ways of thinking being explored to achieve a tobacco-free New Zealand
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Problems from prescribing opioid drugs ‘sure to rise’
Friday 02 September 2011, 3:24PMProblems associated with the prescription drug Oxycodone will increase in New Zealand if we keep following overseas trends, a conference in Auckland was warned today
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GuildLink® system allows pharmacists to focus more on patients
Friday 02 September 2011, 9:43AMCommunity pharmacists now have an easier and more streamlined way to manage and improve their quality practice
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Flu vaccine a good match this year
Thursday 01 September 2011, 4:25PMVirus specialist Dr Lance Jennings says that all three types of influenza virus currently in circulation (pandemic H1N1 09 (swine flu), H3N2 and B virus) are covered by the 2011 seasonal influenza vaccine
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Swisspers supports breast cancer awareness
Thursday 01 September 2011, 1:51PM
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Kiwis reluctant to undergo flu vaccination
Thursday 01 September 2011, 10:45AMSouthern Cross Health Society has released survey results that show around one third of those who didn’t get the flu vaccination this year chose not to because they don’t believe the vaccination will work, exposing them to one of winter’s nastiest ills
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Adherence event series set to launch in Auckland this week
Wednesday 31 August 2011, 4:01PMProfessor Keith Petrie, Health Psychology Specialist, will discuss the importance of “getting into the minds of patients” in the first of a series of lectures, to support the NZ healthcare market’s understanding on the issue of medication non-adherence, on the 2nd September in Auckland
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Community pharmacists welcome improvements to prescribers’ software
Tuesday 30 August 2011, 1:39PMChanges made by Medtech Global to its prescribing software will help reduce prescription errors and enhance patient safety, says the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand
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Addiction treatment in New Zealand requires urgent change
Tuesday 30 August 2011, 1:23PMAddiction treatment in New Zealand has been seriously underfunded for many decades, National Addiction Centre Director Professor Doug Sellman told a symposium in Wellington today
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Recall of Tommee Tippee Cherub Comforter
Friday 26 August 2011, 5:16PMJackel (NZ) Ltd has initiated an immediate, voluntary product recall of its Tommee Tippee Cherub Comforter. Other Tommee Tippee products are unaffected by this recall
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Drug policy experts warn things must change
Friday 26 August 2011, 2:33PM
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Bupa personal wins diversity award
Friday 26 August 2011, 9:45AMAge care provider Bupa Care Services personal development programme has won the Diversity Award at this years EEO Trust Work & Life Awards 2011
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Hot air can be serious
Thursday 25 August 2011, 2:25PMNew Zealanders shouldn’t be writing off body gas as simply hot air. That’s the message from a leading nutritionist who says excess body gas can be a symptom of more serious gastro-intestinal health issues
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Human right awards for local initiatives
Tuesday 23 August 2011, 2:24PMA series of local initiatives to break down language barriers has helped many newly settled peoples from refugee and migrant backgrounds to stay healthier this year
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New Director of Mental Health Appointed
Tuesday 23 August 2011, 1:57PMThe Director-General of Health has announced the appointment of Dr John Crawshaw as Director of Mental Health
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Free health advice available for winter illnesses
Tuesday 23 August 2011, 8:41AMWinter may have been slow to arrive but there is no doubt it’s here, bringing with it the usual flu, colds and tummy bugs that can spell misery for a lot of people at this time of year
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Help save your sight with vitamin C
Thursday 18 August 2011, 1:19PMNew research indicates that Vitamin C may be critical to maintaining good eye health and could be protective for those at risk of glaucoma
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Auckland DHBS joining forces to tackle fraud
Thursday 18 August 2011, 11:19AMThe three DHBs - Counties Manukau, Auckland and Waitemata - have signed up to a public hotline (0800 424 888) to tackle the small but growing problem of fraud. Nationally, more than $11 million in health sector funds were recovered last year from fraud investigations
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Guild welcomes decision to allow pharmacists to give flu vaccines
Thursday 18 August 2011, 10:58AMThe Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand has welcomed a decision by the Medical Officers of Health authorising qualified pharmacists to deliver the unsubsidised influenza vaccine to patients in Auckland, Bay of Plenty and the Waikato
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Influenza vaccinations available from selected Pharmacybrands pharmacies
Wednesday 17 August 2011, 5:11PMPharmacybrands Limited (NZX: PHB) announced that, from today, people will be able to get influenza vaccines from pharmacists in selected Amcal, Care, Life, Radius and Unichem pharmacies in Auckland, Waikato, and the Bay of Plenty
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Guild praises actions of whistleblowing locum
Monday 15 August 2011, 12:27PMThe Pharmacy Guild is praising the actions of the locum pharmacist who alerted the Ministry of Health to false claims being made by the pharmacy co-owned by convicted Auckland pharmacist, Wayne Baker.
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Pharmacy Council adopts a Maori Name
Friday 12 August 2011, 2:16PMThe Pharmacy Council is delighted to announce the Council Māori Name, which was decided earlier this month
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Health Quality & Safety Commission welcomes appointment
Thursday 11 August 2011, 9:40AMThe Health Quality & Safety Commission is delighted its chair, Professor Alan Merry, has been chosen to head the University of Auckland’s School of Medicine
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Pharmacy Council MOC
Tuesday 09 August 2011, 3:28PMThe Pharmacy Council has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Australian Pharmacy Council at the 9th Life Long Learning in Pharmacy Conference held recently in Rotorua.
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Compound designed in New Zealand starves cancer cells of glucose
Thursday 04 August 2011, 10:18AMScientists from the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre (ACSRC) and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery have designed a new compound that starves certain cancer cells of glucose, depriving them of energy
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Guild takes heart from new collaborative model in UK
Thursday 04 August 2011, 10:07AMA new direction in cooperation between pharmacists and doctors in the United Kingdom is a possible model for New Zealand, says the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand
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Changes in Pharmacy Council leadership
Wednesday 03 August 2011, 5:18PMThe Pharmacy Council is delighted to announce that Dr Andrew Bary has been elected as the new chair of Council
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Pharmacybrand rejoins JWT
Wednesday 03 August 2011, 5:14PMJWT New Zealand announces that leading listed healthcare company Pharmacybrands Limited (NZX: PBL) has joined the agency
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iFOBT test selected for bowel screening pilot
Wednesday 03 August 2011, 4:34PMA single sample immunochemical faecal occult blood test (iFOBT) has been selected by the Ministry of Health for use in the Bowel Screening Pilot, which begins in the Waitemata District Health Board area in late October
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Eight month rollover important opportunity for sector
Thursday 28 July 2011, 9:28AMThe rollover of the pharmacy services contract was a key focus of the Community Pharmacy Leaders Forum (CPLF) today
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DHBs offer eight-month variation to Pharmacy Services Agreement
Wednesday 27 July 2011, 11:01AMDHBs have decided to offer a variation to the Pharmacy Services Agreement that will take effect on 1 September 2011 for an eight month period to 30 April 2012
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Dunne: Universal List of Medicines released
Tuesday 26 July 2011, 5:07PMThe New Zealand Universal List of Medicines, designed to prevent potentially harmful confusion about medicines has been given its general release, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said today [26 July]
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Eight month roll-over makes sense, says Guild
Tuesday 26 July 2011, 4:58PMThe Guild is welcoming a variation to the current Pharmacy Services Agreement with the main feature being an eight month roll-over period. The current Agreement between DHBs and community pharmacies is due to expire on 31 August
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Sending a message about community pharmacy
Monday 25 July 2011, 2:25PMThe Pharmacy Guild is promoting the value of pharmacy with ads in national newspapers today (25 July).
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Five simple ways to protect your heart
Monday 25 July 2011, 1:52PMClinicians has launched formulations for heart health and circulation
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Updated medicines regulations confirmed
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 10:03AMMedia release from health minister Tony Ryall 12 July
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New generic ED drug significantly lowers cost
Monday 20 June 2011, 4:12PMNew Zealand’s Douglas Pharmaceuticals will launch Silvasta – a generic of Viagra™, a treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED) today
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NZ dementia numbers hit more than 40,000
Thursday 16 June 2011, 7:25PMThere are currently more than 40,000 people in New Zealand with some form of dementia, according to latest statistics from Home Instead Senior Care (16 June)
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Further research into climate change and infectious diseases needed - Otago University
Monday 13 June 2011, 3:07PMMuch more effort should be made by NZ government agencies and researchers into the possible increase of infectious diseases because of climate change according to latest research from University of Otago says
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