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The Pharmacy Council agrees with the intention of a government plan to streamline health workforce regulation but says some ideas suggested, such as reducing the number of regulatory bodies, could have unintended consequences, including increased risk to public safety.  

The Medicines Classification Committee has rejected a proposal to reclassify travel vaccines so they can be offered by pharmacies

Pharmacists could soon be able to supply allopurinol without a prescription

Pharmacists and other health professionals who applied for the rural voluntary bonding scheme 2024 intake have finally had their applications approved, a year later than initially promised

A surge in demand for flu jabs is about to cause Fluad Quad, one of the five vaccines approved for use in New Zealand, to go out of stock. 

Dunedin pharmacist Peter Barron was a sometimes-controversial figure, but his friends and colleagues remember him fondly. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Crime in pharmacies, mostly shoplifting, has seen a huge increase in the last few years and is another burden to deal with, writes editor Jonathan Chilton-Towle

The number of thefts from pharmacies has skyrocketed since 2023. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

The number of thefts from pharmacies has skyrocketed since 2023. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

THE INDIGESTION medication Zantac is back on pharmacy shelves after being recalled in 2019.