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The Pharmacy Council and Medsafe have signed a memorandum of understanding to make it easier for the organisations to share information and subsequently do a better job as regulators

Fallout from the Christchurch shootings on Friday continues, especially for pharmacy staff working close to the two mosques where 50 worshippers were gunned down

An unfolding situation in Christchurch, with many feared dead, has led to at least two pharmacies voluntarily closing their doors

A “shot across the bows” of the DHBs from the Ministry of Health could mean short-term cutbacks in primary care, healthcare researchers say

A collaborative effort to improve gout management in Māori and Pacific patients has seen a Kapiti Coast pharmacy chosen as a finalist in the Health Quality and Safety Commission’s Whakakotahi Challenge

A Waikato pharmacist has been censured and ordered to pay $35,400 in legal costs after being found guilty of professional misconduct

Health sector regulatory bodies are facing uncertainty and operational problems caused by long delays in ministerial appointments of board members

Police are investigating after fake prescriptions for the nerve pain medication gabapentin were presented at Southland pharmacies

Canterbury pharmacists are being told to stay across public health messages on the measles outbreak with the number of cases set to climb due to highly infectious nature of the virus

The makers of Arthrem have appeared in Wellington District Court