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A Canterbury pilot that involves pharmacists being able to treat people with skin conditions or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is starting this month.

Pharmacists have elected two new members to the Pharmaceutical Society’s national executive

The proportion of COVID-19 vaccinations given by community pharmacies has rocketed ahead of other providers. Pharmacies are also now the second biggest providers of flu jabs. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Associate health minister David Seymour says the Coalition Government is committed to ensuring Pharmac’s budget “remains and is sustained”

Budget 2024 will provide less than $3.5 billion for new spending on health, education and law and order

People with gout are often under-treated or inadequately treated, new data shows

The Australian and New Zealand College of Advanced Pharmacy has welcomed its 1000th member

Sunscreen should be GST-free in a country with such high skin cancer rates, a dermatologist says

Retired specialist GP and acknowledged ADHD expert Tony Hanne has been censured and suspended for one year by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, with restrictions placed on any future practice and an order to pay $175,120 in fines and costs

Cutting one in four staff at the Ministry of Health will potentially be “punishing” for remaining staff and result in valuable skills being lost, a health systems academic says