Prescribing

Working in the best interests of patients does not justify actions that amount to malpractice or negligence, says professional conduct committee counsel Belinda Johns 

The waiver allowing pharmacies to dispense non-electronic prescriptions without a physical prescriber signature will expire in three days and the Ministry of Health has not yet decided if it should continue

The latest official advice on how to prescribe Paxlovid may cause harm, says an Otago GP  

With decision-makers including health minister Andrew Little talking seriously about implementing a minor ailments scheme for pharmacy, Jonathan Chilton-Towle spoke to Scottish pharmacist Bernadette Brown about her experience of working in a health system that already has an entrenched pharmacy-based programme

With decision-makers including health minister Andrew Little talking seriously about implementing a minor ailments scheme for pharmacy, Jonathan Chilton-Towle spoke to Scottish pharmacist Bernadette Brown about her experience of working in a health system that already has an entrenched pharmacy-based programme

This article is the first in a three-part series designed to highlight the role pharmacists can play in reducing “the pill burden” in our society, writes Katrina Azer, clinical pharmacist at Tend Health. The articles will focus on polypharmacy, deprescribing and social prescribing, with the patient’s perspective front of mind

New research suggests short-acting asthma inhalers are being overused and long-acting ones are underutilised, especially for Māori and Pacific peoples 

Hutt Valley pharmacist prescriber Kerry Muller has won the Clinical Advisory Pharmacists Association’s inaugural Dr John Dunlop Award

There is still no start date for a proposed pharmacist prescribing trial in northern Queensland and doctor representative groups are continuing to publicly attack the initiative.

To ease the rollout of dispensing COVID-19 antivirals without prescriptions, all pharmacies now have free access to the shared medical record viewer Conporto