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Staff of Pharmacy Today wish you a peaceful and relaxed Anzac Day

Long-awaited pay offers will be considered by hospital pharmacy negotiating teams in Canterbury and Northland over the next two weeks

A pharmacist prescriber and geritrician are offering an outpatients’ clinic at Tauranga Hospital to help elderly patients review and reduce their multiple medications

A Hawke’s Bay pharmacy inviting families of asthmatic Māori and Pasifika children to take part in an “warrant of fitness” check led to 80 per cent of children improving their asthma control

Seven Nirvana pharmacies have been slapped with a $92,500 fine for underpaying 13 trainee technicians

 Pharmac’s deputy medical direc­tor primary care, Bryan Betty, is leaving the agency after nearly four years in the job

Pharmac is defending its process for switching from branded to generic medicines in the face of a petition calling for a public inquiry into the agency’s generic medication patient safety protocols 

The prospect of medicinal cannabis products being sold on pharmacy shelves may become a reality as early as next year, following last year’s passing of the Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Act. 

Northland pharmacists have until 30 April to have their say on the DHB document that will govern how pharmacy services are contracted and paid for in their region over the next seven years