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Since graduating from the University of Otago School of Pharmacy 21 years ago, Amelia Gardner has worked as a locum community pharmacist in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.  

Medicinal cannabis should be available through pharmacies before the end of this year, says Sally King who heads the body representing New Zealand’s fledgling medicinal cannabis industry

Heather Simpson says she opposes having a Māori Health Authority with full funding and commissioning powers because it would undermine the cohesion of the health system 

A report by the auditor-general has found a lack of personal protective equipment planning and stocktaking, and mixed messages by health organisations created confusion and shortages during the height of COVID lockdown

New laws targeting health practitioners who harass AHPRA complainants are likely after the failed attempt by a GP to murder a pharmacist who had reported him to the watchdog

Auckland pharmacist Stephen Yoo was elected to the Pharmacy Guild’s board of directors at the annual general meeting on Tuesday

The Ministry of Health today revealed more details of the $18 million fund for hundreds of ‘critical’ community pharmacies at part of the $92.6 million package the Government announced this week

Taking over the reins of the well-known Raumati Road Pharmacy on the Kapiti Coast at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown was a mixed bag for new owner Martin Lowis

The Māori health authority proposed in the Simpson review is not empowered, has “little more than an advisory role” on equity issues, and carries a commissioning budget of less than $23 million, say dissenting panel members and advisory experts 

Unprecedented changes to the way the New Zealand health system is organised are coming and pharmacists need to be involved at the top levels where decisions are made