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The English pharmacy sector is begging the NHS to stop stealing community pharmacists to work in general practice after three years of a programme similar to one being proposed here.

The Ministry of Health says its decisions to license Countdown Pharmacies in Wainuiomata and Gisborne were “reasonable and lawful”

Cost deterred slightly more patients from seeking GP care, according to the latest New Zealand Health Survey, contrary to the longer-term and larger-downward trend 

The legal showdown between independent pharmacy owners and Te Whatu Ora and the Ministry of Health over pharmacy contracting and licensing began in the High Court at Wellington today

The New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’ Association held its annual conference at the weekend and presented awards to the shining stars 

Comments questioning the competency of pharmacists to treat minor ailments have prompted an outraged response from the profession

A leaked document from a Ministry of Health official pleads with the health minister to urgently add 30 professions – including pharmacy – to the immigration Green List 

Te Whatu Ora and Te Aka Whai Ora are due to begin auditing the pharmacy workforce this month, with recommendations on fixes expected by next February

All Māori and Pacific peoples aged 40 or older will be eligible for booster shots from tomorrow 

The Pharmacy Council has so far taken no action after four pharmacies in Taranaki were deceived into dispensing fraudulent scripts for Ritalin, clonazepam and diazepam.