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Te Whatu Ora has recovered more than $680,000 from pharmacies that claimed inappropriately for the schizophrenia injection paliperidone and says this may not be the only drug incorrectly dispensed and claimed for

When Napier resident Craig Colhoun saw his children building Lego houses with towers to keep safe from the rain after Cyclone Gabrielle hit, he recognised their play as a mechanism to process trauma.

The high failure rate for intern assessments has spurred pharmacy students into action 

WellSouth Primary Health Network has created two new pharmacist roles aimed at improving health outcomes for Māori and Pacific communities in Otago and Southland

Health authorities have written a stern letter to pharmacies, saying an audit suggests a small percentage of paliperidone claims are erroneous, but the issues could be widespread

Backroom staff to be laid off in focus on frontline care, says chief executive Margie Apa  

After Cyclone Gabrielle there were complaints that pharmacies were at the back of the queue for generators and fuel, leading to calls for them to be prioritised for future events. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports 

Natalie Gauld’s fundraising goal is tantalisingly close. The Auckland pharmacist has raised over $13,000 towards her $15,000 goal for Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand

Successful uptake of the next-generation COVID vaccines will require a serious effort to re-engage the public, says Brisbane-based associate professor Paul Griffin

Forty per cent of contract holders with an Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement will not be represented in this year’s NAAR talks