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The MidCentral DHB has created a new strategy envisioning an integrated service model for the region’s 32 community pharmacies, but local pharmacists say more funding is needed to put the strategy in place

Pharmacists will not have to undertake additional training to be able to dispense melatonin without a prescription, unless they decide for themselves they need it

The NZMA has come out in support of a survey showing most people want prescription medication advertising banned 

Pharmacies are struggling more than ever to collect the $5 copayment, with stiff competition from chains offering free prescriptions

With several new Chemist Warehouse stores opening in Auckland in coming weeks, their free prescription offers are being matched by more and more Green Cross Health pharmacies

The range of publicly funded condoms available in New Zealand looks set to expand to include coloured and flavoured sheaths, but none will be black

Studying integrative medicine at a Christchurch community pharmacy has been eye-opening for Hawaiian pharmacy owner Kevin Glick

A pharmacist has been ordered to write a letter of apology after he mistakenly dispensed the wrong dose of methadone to a patient

Audit performance is continuing to improve, Medsafe’s latest figures show, but full compliance remains below 50 per cent

Medsafe has issued a warning about weight-loss products found to contain two prescription medicines withdrawn over safety concerns