Pharmacy Today

Our new owners and the health and disability commissioner were among the topics that got readers talking online this past fortnight

Editor Barbara Fountain recounts some difficult times for the company, farewells her business partner Anna, and looks forward to still reporting for the sector

Editor Barbara Fountain recounts some difficult times for the company, farewells her business partner Anna, and looks forward to still reporting for the sector

Leading healthcare publisher The Health Media, has been sold by Anna Mickell and Barbara Fountain to Australasian health data infrastructure company Group Healthcare Ltd, ensuring a future for The Health Media’s news, education and data products

Pharmacist numbers are being eroded by many factors, including funding, costs associated with practising, overwork and better remuneration overseas. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

Pharmacist numbers are being eroded by many factors, including funding, costs associated with practising, overwork and better remuneration overseas. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

As hospital emergency departments are overwhelmed by a record influx of patients this winter, pharmacists are calling for the minor ailments scheme to be urgently expanded nationwide

Legally the supply period for class B opioid prescriptions has now reverted back to a maximum period of one month, instead of three months

A vaping researcher has joined the call for vapes to be limited to pharmacy-only products

University of Otago researchers are calling for the $5 prescription copayment to be scrapped after their randomised control trial showed the fee is damaging the health of vulnerable populations