COVID-19

New Zealand is moving out of its second COVID-19 wave, but overseas data suggest many waves are still to come – though likely less severe, immunisation expert and specialist GP Nikki Turner told last week’s South GP CME conference

Tim O’Donoghue and John Foreman, the Kiwi pharmacists who founded Green Light Pharmacy in the UK, speak to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about a recent survey of pharmacy consults in England that documents patient care in pharmacy

Ian Powell is a former executive director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists. He is now a health commentator based on the Kapiti Coast. This opinion piece has been republished from his blog Otaihanga Second Opinion

New Zealand will remain at the Orange traffic light setting, while hospitalisations remain elevated and pressure on the health system continues through winter

People seeking mediation through the Human Rights Commission are facing delays because of an "unprecedented" number of complaints and enquiries

Pharmacy continues to claim its place as a vaccination destination, with a quarter of the country’s flu supplies.

“It was the dirty end of winter” (thanks Nick Cave), as I began writing this last month. A time when COVID-19 was once again on the rise, everyone seemed to be sick with a range of ills – the quieter roads were a good indication – but over-riding everything was the ongoing exhaustion, despondency and low morale. And not just in healthcare!

A government announcement that pharmacists could dispense two COVID-19 antivirals without prescription from 28 July created a stir last month, reports Jonathan Chilton-Towle

Pharmacy continues to claim its place as a vaccination destination, with a quarter of the country’s flu supplies.