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The Pharmaceutical Society is setting up an education advisory group following concerns about the performance of interns at Assessment Centres, and a new education manager has also been appointed. The society is training fewer interns but more technicians this year

A law change that will allow pseudoephedrine cold and flu products to be sold by pharmacists again has taken another step forward

Pharmaceutical Society members have until 28 March to elect a new board member for the national executive

Some practices are choosing patients based on health, amid a rise in closed books and limited enrolments, researchers say

New Auckland-based research into pollen levels shows a longer exposure to allergens than in earlier studies, as Paulette Crowley reports

GP leaders are frustrated and “extraordinarily” disappointed at yesterday’s decision to allow pharmacist vaccinators to deliver six-week infant vaccinations

The health select committee has recommended that the legislation to return pseudoephedrine to pharmacy shelves proceed to its second reading without changes

Pharmacist vaccinators have been given the green light to offer several childhood immunisations

Associate health minister Casey Costello is seeking approval from Cabinet to repeal the Therapeutic Products Act this week 

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand’s error in calculating pharmacy payments has left 186 pharmacies out of pocket by a combined total of $775,000 and all other pharmacies were overpaid by the same amount