Prescribing

Despite the popularity of this year’s postgraduate pharmacist prescriber course, it will not run again until 2021 after undergoing a revamp

The Hospital Pharmacists Association 2019 conference was held at Auckland's Waipuna Conference Centre over the weekend, with a focus on the future and flux capacitors 

Two hundred and fifty pharmacists have undertaken voluntary training since early September to supply the sleep medication melatonin without a prescription since training began in September

Two hundred and fifty pharmacists have undertaken voluntary training since early September to supply the sleep medication melatonin without a prescription since training began in September

Pharmacists won’t be prescribing independently, at least for now, according to a new position statement from the Pharmacy Board of Australia

Prescriptions for anti­psychotics have shot up in New Zealand over recent years, often to treat conditions other than psychosis, says Phil Rasmussen, technical director of herbal manufacturer Phytomed

In the UK, pharmacists in primary care are solving multiple problems in a stretched national health service

Bernadette Brown is a Scottish pharmacist who has applied her independent prescribing skills and business acumen to transforming her community pharmacy into an award-winning community health hub.

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