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Jerome Ng has been named as the Pharmaceutical Society’s Pharmacist of the Year

The DHB leader pushing through the new pharmacy services contract is assuring pharmacists the revised contract will provide more clarity on how the model will work

GPs expecting more information about changes in primary care would have been disappointed by health minister David Clark's pitch at the Rotorua GP CME this morning, where he told them to 'watch this space' 

The Pharmacy Council says an incident where a baby was hospitalised after a Hawke’s Bay pharmacy dispensed the wrong medication will end up before the Health and Disability Commissioner

Kim Brackley is stepping down as president of the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’ Association after three and a half years in the job

GPs say they will feel the strain when cheaper doctors’ visits become a reality for thousands more New Zealanders in De­cember

GPs are being warned to be vig­ilant for a virulent strain of meningococcal infection, after a big rise in the number of cases in the past few months

A case before New Zealand’s High Court involving pharmacists accused of price fixing is raising questions over whether pharmacists should be allowed to increase prescription fees to cover funding shortfalls

Employing pharmacy accuracy checking technicians can free up pharmacists to spend nearly 20 per cent more time with patients, an Otago study reveals

Heart Rhythm week, commencing 18 June, could see pharmacists play a big role in preventing strokes and their associated heavy trauma and costs