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Employment

Take screenshots, PDA tells locums amid ‘increase’ in employers reneging on terms

PDA alleges rise in businesses unilaterally changing agreed terms of locum shifts.

01 Aug 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Regulations

‘Dishonest’ online pharmacist who issued prescriptions in under a minute struck off

Online pharmacist struck off after 'mean' ex-employers 'swanned off to Dubai'.

31 Jul 2024 , 4 Min Article

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Education & training

Pass rate for registration exam dips slightly to 75 per cent

GPhC announces top line results for the June 25 registration assessment.

30 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Services

Pharmacies claimed for 400,000 Pharmacy First consultations in first three months

Seventy-eight per cent of consultations resulted in a medicine being supplied to patients.

29 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Child & teen health

Labour: ‘Simply not possible’ for pharmacists to police puberty blocker prescriptions

Health minister defends Labour decision to uphold ban enforced by former government.

29 Jul 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Medicines

Wholesalers profit from ‘desperate’ patients says pharmacist MP

Labour MP says her party 'must start really looking' at the drugs supply chain

26 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Policy

Re-opening P meds debate is ‘premature and dangerous’ says PDA

PDA challenges Society by launching its own survey on P medicine self-selection.

25 Jul 2024 , 2 Min Article

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