Prescribing

A new pharmacist prescribing course is set to begin next year in Dunedin.

On 1 July, the $5 prescription fee was removed for all New Zealanders. Natasha Jojoa Burling checks in with pharmacists to see what happened after this historic event

Pharmacist prescriber numbers have increased by about 11 per cent in just over a year, although they still make up only a tiny proportion of all pharmacists

The National Party would exempt Community Services Card and SuperGold Card holders, and beneficiaries from the $5 copayment. Pharmacists say they would spend too much time policing the exemptions and not enough explaining how people should take their medicines. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

The National Party would exempt Community Services Card and SuperGold Card holders, and beneficiaries from the $5 copayment. Pharmacists say they would spend too much time policing the exemptions and not enough explaining how people should take their medicines. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

When University of Otago social pharmacy researcher Pauline Norris first heard prescription copayments were going to be dropped, she didn’t believe it, writes Natasha Jojoa Burling

Hopes are high the Government will remove the prescription fee in this week’s Budget

Natalie Guald's fundraising goal is tantalisingly close. The Auckland pharmacist has raised nearly $14,377, just shy of her $15,000 goal for Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand.

Northern Hawke’s Bay’s Wairoa Pharmacy has been badly affected by the closure of the bridge to Napier and is disappointed it will take another month to repair

Interactive prescribing tool EPiC has released full 2022 data showing positive trends