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The Pharmacy Guild has joined the Pharmaceutical Society in asking the Pharmacy Council to delay its proposed changes to pharmacist recertification

A student’s fatal overdose on paracetamol has prompted a coroner to call for limits on sales of the non-prescription painkiller – a move that has saved lives overseas

The Pharmacy Council’s proposed changes to recertification requirements will rely on pharmacists’ honesty to ensure culturally safe practice standards are being followed

New pharmacies will once again be permitted in the MidCentral DHB area when the DHB implements its pharmacy contracting policy at the end of this month

COVID-19 closures continue to climb as pharmacies begin to buckle under the financial pressure of the global pandemic

Hospital pharmacy staff in the Bay of Plenty have started a week-long partial strike today, with a clinical pharmacist and prescriber warning more significant strike action could follow

Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael is calling for the ­annual pharmacy contract review negotiations to come out from behind closed doors

When Auckland pharmacist Marium Slaimankhel travelled to Afghanistan last September to get married she thought by now she would be living happily back in New Zealand with her new husband, and maybe even showing him the breathtaking beauty of Queenstown in winter 

Hospital pharmacy workers in the Bay of Plenty will strike tomorrow after contract negotiations with the DHB around pay parity soured

Pharmacy owners say the additional funding on offer in the latest contract variation won’t cover the cost pressures faced by pharmacy but they are pleased there is an increase