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Māori health leaders hope the decolonisation of traditional rongoā healing will help to improve health outcomes for Māori. With ACC funding rongōa services and promises of more contracts, pharmacists supporting rongoā welcome its partnership with mainstream medicine. Paulette Crowley reports 

The Pharmacy Today team wishes all our fabulous readers a restful Christmas/New Year break as we prepare to take our annual summer holiday

Many intern pharmacists and preceptors are demanding extensive changes to the annual assessment centre after 53 per cent of the 208 participants failed this year

The Medicines Classification Committee recommends not following Australia in easing restrictions on low-dose cannabidiol, but a Hamilton-based pharmacist says it’s a missed opportunity

A more detailed workforce survey shows a clearer picture of pharmacist staffing levels, with about 27 per cent of pharmacists working part time, reports Paulette Crowley

Neomai Moa Akauola had been on blood-thinning medication for years – but her GP clinic wasn’t testing the ability of her blood to clot

COVID cases continue to climb week on week 

As New Zealand enters its third COVID-19 wave, a paediatrician is worried about limited access to antiviral medicines, after hearing some pharmacies are no longer dispensing them

COVID-19 antiviral prescribing advice remains unchanged in New Zealand despite trial evidence that one of the medicines does not reduce hospital admissions or deaths 

The Pharmacy Council is troubled by results showing 53 per cent of intern pharmacists sitting the annual assessment centre last month failed