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The opioid epidemic in America must serve as a warning to New Zealand before it’s too late, a forensic pathologist says

Changes to eight health-related laws mean more health practitioners can issue sick or injury certificates – a job  ­previously only doctors have been considered qualified to do.
 

From humble beginnings as a retail assistant in her local pharmacy during high school, to receiving a Distinguished Practice Award from the International Pharmaceutical Federation, Jane Dawson’s pharmacy career has been far from ordinary.

New chair of Medicines New Zealand, Dr Lee Mathias, says her goal is to use the new position to improve access to breakthrough medicines

The Pharmacy Council has announced it is going ahead with plans to increase the Annual Practising Certificate fee, but it is postponing a decision about raising the written examination fee increase

An Oamaru pharmacist who is retiring after almost 40 years in the business says he has mixed emotions about saying goodbye to his career

The Canterbury DHB is asking pharmacists to stay vigilant for patients and medications being affected by the heat, as extreme temperatures ravage the country

MPs have backed the first reading of a government bill enabling terminally ill people to use cannabis to alleviate their symptoms, but one GP says it doesn't go nearly far enough 

Wellington clinical pharmacist Chris Jay has been appointed to the position practice and policy manager for the Pharmaceutical Society

A Manurewa pharmacist has pulled out all the stops and used his professional skill set to see his team win the Craig Foster International Futsal Cup