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Urgent restructuring of medicines management services is needed to address profound inequity in access to prescription medicines for Māori patients

Art versus science has been a long-lasting debate, but three pharmacy educators believe both imagination and reason make a powerful pair in developing critical thinking skills

Stephen McKernan yesterday left his role of acting chief executive of the Ministry of Health saying expectations are clear – but he wasn’t claiming to have turned around morale 

University of Otago researchers are testing vitamin C as a treatment for sepsis in Christchurch ICU patients

Auckland pharmacist Arthur Bauld leaves his judgement at the door to help people struggling to keep their lives together in the face of opioid addiction

The future is now for genomic medicine, says early adopter GP William Ferguson, as he calls on other doctors to educate themselves

Offering teeth extraction and fresh leeches would likely see today’s pharmacists appearing before a disciplinary hearing but in 1868 those were hot selling points to get customers through the door

The mood around the new pharmacy services contract appears to have lightened following the first joint workshop between DHB officials and sector representatives since consultation closed.

Jerome Ng has been named as the Pharmaceutical Society’s Pharmacist of the Year

The DHB leader pushing through the new pharmacy services contract is assuring pharmacists the revised contract will provide more clarity on how the model will work