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Pharmacists and other health professionals who applied for the rural voluntary bonding scheme 2024 intake have finally had their applications approved, a year later than initially promised

The Independent Pharmacists’ Association of New Zealand is seeking nominations for a new co-president to serve for one year alongside co-president Jie Choong

Testing of the new 24/7 online medical service is due to start by the end of the month, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has told the sector 

Rangi Morgan may have been the first Māori-Chinese woman to become a pharmacist in New Zealand. Jody Hopkinson speaks to her about her life and career

A surge in demand for flu jabs is about to cause Fluad Quad, one of the five vaccines approved for use in New Zealand, to go out of stock. 

Douglas Pharmaceuticals has installed a new AI robotic system, the first of its kind in New Zealand, to maximise storage at its west Auckland warehouse. 

A Kaikōura pharmacy owner has been fighting for a patient on opioid substitution to get his licence returned after he tested positive for THC. Jody Hopkinson reports

Recently released findings by a Cancer Research UK-funded study on saliva genetic testing for prostate cancer have been met with a guarded response by the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand

Rural pharmacists say their courier bill has doubled in the past five years, and when couriers are unavailable, pharmacy staff are having to take time away from the dispensing bench to deliver medications. Jody Hopkinson reports

An ongoing increase in families declining childhood vaccines has emerged in the latest quarterly report on PHO performance, at the same time as a slight increase in immunisation rates