New Zealand Medical Association hits out pharmacist-prescriber meds expansion

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New Zealand Medical Association hits out pharmacist-prescriber meds expansion

Jonathan
Chilton-Towle
Alistair Humphrey NZMA
New Zealand Medical Association chair Alistair Humphrey

The New Zealand Medical Association has made a formal submission objecting to a proposed expansion of medicines pharmacist prescribers can prescribe.

Since the role was established in 2013, pharmacist prescribers have been able to prescribe only medicines from a list of 1517 approved medicines and 2