General Practice

Hawke’s Bay DHB is helping its general practice pharmacists to become prescribers, after 10 years of funding their primary care roles

Former president of the Pharmacy Guild Graeme Blanchard outlines solutions to the problem of inaccuracies in scripts crossing pharmacy counters

The health system faces another round of change, and its lead reviewer Heather Simpson is determined this will give priority to areas of most benefit to those who are least advantaged 

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is lobbying for GPs to be given the right to own pharmacies, saying they could “dispense for general practice” and improve health outcomes for patients

The inaugural NZ Primary Healthcare Awards, including awards for pharmacy and general practice, will be held on 29 February next year 

The number of registered pharmacist prescribers in New Zealand sits at a meagre 19, but health minister David Clark says he wants more

The Napier pharmacy trialling the instore virtual-doctor service, Doctor2Go, has found patients are very interested in the concept but not so much in using it.

The West Coast comes with its own set of challenges: low employment and high needs, boom and bust mining cycles, rural isolation and inclement weather - all these can make it hard to lure GPs to the region

Frustration for health professionals who regularly treat young people, as another shortage hits a popular oral contraceptive 

A national circulation to GPs on Tuesday noted there has been an increase in meningococcal W disease, asking us to be aware of this and noting it can present in a more atypical way