Campaigners pushed Pharmac to fund 12 months’ Herceptin for women with HER2-positive breast cancer. Now the data have arrived, and they do not suggest much advantage
GPs in England have been banned from routinely prescribing medicines available over the counter, in a move the NHS hopes will save up to £141 million ($275 million) a year
General practice teams will be responsible for vaccinating the hundreds of thousands of older New Zealanders who could present for a free shingles vaccine from April 2018 to March 2020
Diabetes NZ is disappointed Pharmac is funding only the CareSens brand of glucose meters and test strips for the next five years, saying the decision will cause some angst, particularly among patients with type 1 diabetes
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management