Using artificial intelligence to make prescribing safer for older people is at the heart of research attracting nearly $400,000 in grant funding from the Health Research Council.
Many pharmacists believe the upcoming reduction in funding for providing COVID-19 antivirals makes the service financially unviable, and some say they may refuse to offer it as a result
The National Annual Agreement Review meeting scheduled for yesterday was postponed for a second time because Te Whatu Ora is still not ready to make a funding uplift offer to pharmacy representatives
Hamilton pharmacy owner Keshree Naidoo-Rauf has been elected president of the Pharmacy Guild and Upper Hutt pharmacy owner Brooke McKay has been elected vice president
As pseudoephedrine-related crime is expected to rise with the return of products to pharmacy shelves, a New Zealand pharmaceutical company has created a pseudoephedrine product that is more difficult to use to manufacture methamphetamine
The rapid-response home-visiting team of Auckland outreach vaccination service, Uri Ririki Child Health Connection Centre, will be disestablished at the end of this month
The National Annual Agreement Review meeting planned for tomorrow has been postponed until 24 June because Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora does not yet know how much money it will allocate to pharmacy funding
