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At a time when the simple act of handing a piece of paper from one person to another is suddenly a riskier thing to do, the Canterbury Health System has taken urgent steps to remove that risk – and this is just one of a number of ways prescribing has changed in response to the COVID Pandemic

The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand, along with members of the Aotearoa New Zealand Equally Well collaborative, are urgently requesting that Pharmac reconsiders its decision to exclude people living with mental health and addiction issues from the eligibility criteria for funded influenza vaccines

The experiences of New Zealand’s healthcare professionals in accessing, prescribing and dispensing medicinal cannabis products are to be mapped as part of a new initiative

New Zealand moves from COVID-19 Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 on Tuesday 28th April. Government advice for essential businesses for Level 3 remains the same as that for Level 4

Today we have only one new confirmed case of COVID-19 to report and four new probable cases

Today there are nine new cases of COVID-19 to report, made up of four new confirmed cases and five new probable cases

Today there are five new cases of COVID-19 - made up of three new confirmed cases and two new probable cases – from 6,777 tests completed yesterday

A new, integrated e-prescription messaging service called Secure Script has been launched nationwide to help healthcare providers deliver safe, effective care during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

At today’s public meeting of the Epidemic Response Committee, Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (Guild) Chief Executive, Andrew Gaudin emphasised that while community pharmacy is on the frontline of the COVID-19 response, the sector is still waiting for ongoing financial support from the government

From today only approved point of care test kits for COVID-19 will be able to be imported and sold in New Zealand.