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A dispute over the upskilling of community pharmacists for new roles in general practice has broken out, just as Te Whatu Ora prepares to usher in more of them, reports Ruth Brown

Pharmacists sell more than 70 per cent of all natural health products in New Zealand, with the category being the biggest and fastest growing in pharmacy. Paulette Crowley catches up with latest product and marketing trends

The vast majority of COVID-19 antivirals dispensed in New Zealand is still getting to patients via a prescription, despite pharmacists being permitted to supply the pills without a script since 28 July.

Discounters are snapping up close to a quarter of all pharmacy retail sales, outstripping the market share of all traditional pharmacies for the first time this year

The Child Poverty Action Group and the United Community Action Network are jointly petitioning Parliament to get prescription fees removed for all Community Service Card holders

New medicines for those with a rare spinal disease and people at risk of anaphylaxis are set to be publicly funded

Five years after primary care was promised a review of its funding, a review report may soon be considered by the board of Te Whatu Ora 

A four-week-old baby suffered a methadone overdose after it was mistakenly mixed with an omeprazole script

New Zealand is on the back foot in preparing for new Covid-19 variants now requirements for international arrivals to test have ended, health experts say

Dunedin pharmacy owner Stephanie Corby is gutted that her business has been burgled for the second time in just six months