May 2025

Roadside drug tests are coming soon, and they may create big problems for users of some prescribed medicines, writes Jonathan Chilton-Towle

A new roadside drug-testing regime may see law-abiding citizens with legal prescriptions barred from driving for a period of 12 hours, reports Jody Hopkinson

The Pharmacy Guild and PSNZ both agree pharmacy workforce regulation needs to be streamlined, as the Government works on a policy that could see the Pharmacy Council rolled into a single health regulator.

Jody Hopkinson looks at the University of Auckland’s Rural Health Interprofessional training Programme

Pharmacists and other health professionals who applied for the rural voluntary bonding scheme 2024 intake have finally had their applications approved, a year later than initially promised.

THE INDEPENDENT PHARMACISTS’ Association of New Zealand temporarily has one president after copresident Chelsea Flynn stepped back from the role to concentrate on other commitments.

Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to Máté HegedusGaspar, a pharmacist at Stay Well Pharmacy in Christchurch, about how he regained his love for pharmacy after burning out

Jody Hopkinson speaks to University of Otago School of Pharmacy associate professor Greg Walker about his recent trip to Samoa to teach school students about medicines

Pharmacists should soon be able to supply the gout medication allopurinol without a prescription.

Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to Warwick Kerr, who has retired after owning St Martins Pharmacy in Christchurch for 30 years