Community Pharmacy

A Rodney man charged with planting prescription pills in two McDonald’s sundaes has had his first court appearance

The makers of a new prescrip­tion delivery service app are heralding a boon for patient medication adherence but gen­eral practice commentators are warning of an already crowded app market

Health stands out as the winner in the Labour-led Government’s first budget and pharmacists are hoping to get a flow-on benefit from the boosted funding

Alison Van Wyk has been promoted to chief executive of the community health division at Green Cross Health and says she will miss the pharmacy sector

Calls for Pharmac to be protected in future trade deals with the US after Trump threatens to make countries like New Zealand pay more for drugs

Some sector agents are urging the DHBs to return to the negotiating table to come up with a solution to IPSCA 

The Pharmacy Council of New Zealand has regretfully received the resignation of Deputy Chair, Leanne Te Karu. Chair, Mark Bedford, has sincerely thanked Leanne for her immense contribution over a seven-year period and has commended her for being a role model for the profession.

Fears millions of dollars for local services could be taken from the community pharmacy envelope and given to other providers

About 30 per cent of type 1 diabetes cases are diagnosed in children and young people when they are already in hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis