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More people are heading to pharmacies for strep throat swabbing this winter, but the statistics suggest swabbing alone is not lowering rheumatic fever rates

A world-first DNA testing service is giving Kiwi patients a roadmap for avoiding adverse medications 

A new report from Pharmac further demonstrates that Māori are far less likely than Pākehā to receive appropriate medicines – and it is at least partly due to prescribers’ bias 

A small team of pharmacists working for Otago and Southland’s only PHO is hoping to recruit the help of southern community pharmacists to deliver clinical services as demand grows

Retail manager Janet Morgan is so close to the pharmacist she works for she was at her employer’s granddad’s bedside when he died. 

Becoming the country’s “largest cul-de-sac” following the Kaikōura quake helped hasten the closure of the Cheviot community’s long-standing pharmacy depot

The nationwide junior doctors’ strike has not helped the slow pace of hospital pharmacy pay talks, with Canterbury and Northland DHB still to sign off on formal pay offers for Apex union members

Aged care providers query Auckland DHBs’ over-optimistic summary of views on the age-related residential care proposal 

Authorities in the Australian state of Victoria now have instant access to prescription data for high-risk medicines, and on this side of the Tasman, the Medicines Classification Committee is considering introducing a similar system

Unichem Maxx, Green Cross Health’s supersize test pharmacy at 500 Ti Rakau Drive in Auckland closed recently, about a year after a Chemist Warehouse store opened next door.