The English pharmacy sector is begging the NHS to stop stealing community pharmacists to work in general practice after three years of a programme similar to one being proposed here.
The legal showdown between independent pharmacy owners and Te Whatu Ora and the Ministry of Health over pharmacy contracting and licensing began in the High Court at Wellington today
The Pharmacy Council has so far taken no action after four pharmacies in Taranaki were deceived into dispensing fraudulent scripts for Ritalin, clonazepam and diazepam.
Pharmac’s proposal to fund adrenalin auto injectors has proved hugely popular with health professionals and the public and looks set to be approved before the end of the year