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The Pharmacy Council is planning big changes to pharmacists’ recertification from 1 April next year. The current points-based competency assessment system is to be replaced with an entirely new “trust and assurance” model. Jonathan Chilton-Towle gauges pharmacists’ reactions to the plan

Reporter Anna Lee shines a spotlight on a pharmacy document now gathering dust that many had hoped would lead to a much more equitable future with better outcomes for Māori patients

A reclassification that has made alkyl nitrites (“poppers”) prescription-only has met with fierce resistance from the gay community

Medsafe has announced site audits under the Pharmacy Quality Audit Programme Framework will restart on Monday, 13 July 

The embattled health minister David Clark has resigned

A survey by the Independent Pharmacists’ Association of New Zealand has revealed pharmacists who appear to belong to a minority group earn a significantly lower hourly rate than those who do not

An external investigation is under way at Middlemore Hospital after a patient death which is possibly related to a fault in an automated medicine dispensing machine

Kaikoura Pharmacy owner David McKee is “losing the will to cooperate” after a Medsafe pharmacy auditor ordered the disposal of tens of thousands of labels following a routine audit 

Psychiatrist Caleb Armstrong believes oral ketamine does not cause hallucinations because it is absorbed more slowly than other forms of delivery 

The make-up of recreational “polypills” being seized by police at music festivals is concerning scientists working to reduce drug user harm