Pharmaceutical Society

A Pharmaceutical Society appeal for the Ministry of Health to permit pharmacists to give measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations has the support of the director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre

A gala dinner was held on Saturday night for the Pharmaceutical Society New Zealand's annual conference where seven awards and fellowships were bestowed 

In response to feedback, the Pharmaceutical Society is this year branching out from its usual one-day professional development event, to two days, to cover topical issues affecting pharmacy

Helen Cant, one of Tokoroa's two pharmacist prescribers, is the Pharmaceutical Society's new Pharmacist of the Year

This year's 2 per cent membership fee increase delivers good value for money, argues Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand president Ian McMichael – though not all are convinced

A case involving dozens of pharmacists in the upper North Island dispensing an illegal prescription for popular painkiller tramadol and the antibiotic, metronidazole, has prominent pharmacists calling for more rapid uptake of electronic prescribing

Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael on the fairness question in pharmacy auditing

The Pharmaceutical Society is working on a quality improvement programme, with a 10-point plan for pharmacists over three years, writes Miranda Cook

Some pharmacies unknowingly continued to sell products illegally this week after Medsafe announcements failed to filter through

Ian McMichael, the new Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand president, gives his thoughts on the future of pharmacy