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Recently returned from three weeks riding on South Island bike trails on her three-wheel bike, pioneering pharmacist Natalie Gauld is asking pharmacists to share a survey she’s leading on the impacts of motor neurone disease for those with it, their family members and those recently bereaved by MND. 

Medsafe approval for the weight-loss medication Wegovy adds an effective tool to the obesity treatment toolbox, says Auckland endocrinologist and Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa chair John Baker

IT provider Middleware New Zealand has been selected by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora to deliver a new shared digital health record data service

Christchurch pharmacy owner Warwick Kerr has retired and passed on the reins of his business after 30 years of serving his community

HIV advocacy organisations say HIV self-screening tests being made available for the first time in New Zealand pharmacies will help normalise testing for HIV and make it more accessible

Racist patients weren’t what a diversity in healthcare panel expected to end up discussing at the Collaborative Aotearoa conference at the weekend

A legislative amendment to remove a long-standing prescribing barrier causing nurse practitioners and other authorised prescribers, including pharmacist prescribers, major issues since the pandemic is being welcomed 

Like a real-life Frodo and Gandalf and the Fellowship of the Ring, leaders of New Zealand’s pharmacy representative groups have combined to form a pharmacy sector supergroup, but rather than battling Sauron, the Pharmacy Sector Leaders Forum will be advocating for pharmacists. 

Cabinet has agreed to change the rules to allow Medsafe to approve new medicines in less than 30 days if the product already has approval from two recognised overseas jurisdictions

A regional analysis of Comprehensive Primary Care Teams has found strong indications that they are reducing avoidable hospital admissions and producing other health benefits