Ministry of Health

Reporter Anna Lee talks to pharmacy auditor Tony Cox about his work and how auditors are trying to help, not hinder, pharmacists

Residents of Timaru, and surrounding districts are about to get access to free bowel screening with South Canterbury District Health Board joining the National Bowel Screening Programme

The Pharmaceutical Schedule has been updated to allow pharmacist prescribers to apply for special authority to prescribe specific restricted medicines from today

The $18 million fund promised to pharmacy in June remains entirely unspent as no community pharmacies have ­applied for financial assistance, according to the Ministry of Health

A change to prescribing rules will make it easier for New Zealanders to get the medicines they need, according to both the Ministry of Health and PHARMAC.

The $18 million fund promised to pharmacy in June remains entirely unspent as no community pharmacies have ­applied for financial assistance, according to the Ministry of Health

Today is World Pharmacists Day and the International Society of Pharmacovigilance, the Ministry of Health and Pharmac are giving pharmacists kudos for the important role they play in protecting patients from medicines harm and serving their communities

Today is World Pharmacists Day and the Ministry of Health would like to thank pharmacists, technicians and their teams for the important part they play in improving the health outcomes of New Zealanders

Medsafe has withdrawn its prosecution of Promisia Integrative Ltd in relation to its product Arthrem, in return for an agreement that will see the product removed from supply.

New Zealand pharmacies en­dured an extraordinary ­influx of prescriptions during COVID-19, leaving some questioning whether it is time for New Zealand to implement a similar dispensing level guideline to that of Australia