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The waiver allowing pharmacies to dispense non-electronic prescriptions without a physical prescriber signature will expire in three days and the Ministry of Health has not yet decided if it should continue

Specialist GP Tony Hanne has accepted three of five particulars of a wider charge of professional misconduct being made against him by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal

Vaccine mandates may have ended but the Pharmacy Council continues to expect all pharmacists to be vaccinated against COVID-19

Pharmac says people with type 2 diabetes won’t be made to pay for alternative medicines

Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to HeeSeung Lee about a new skincare clinic she and her husband recently opened at a north Auckland pharmacy

The latest official advice on how to prescribe Paxlovid may cause harm, says an Otago GP  

Diabetes is the country's biggest and fastest-growing health condition and south Auckland is the region most affected. Ministry of Health figures show in 2020 there were 277,803 people with diabetes, with 47,988 in Counties Manukau alone

Two pharmacists-turned-city councillors have successfully defended their seats following the weekend’s local body elections

With decision-makers including health minister Andrew Little talking seriously about implementing a minor ailments scheme for pharmacy, Jonathan Chilton-Towle spoke to Scottish pharmacist Bernadette Brown about her experience of working in a health system that already has an entrenched pharmacy-based programme

You may have noticed that spring has sprung earlier than usual, which means the pollen season has had a head start on previous years.