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Jul 2017
11
Jul 2017
Auckland pharmacies offer safe, legal DUMP site for unwanted medicines
Patients are being urged to dispose of unwanted medicines safely and legally - not throwing them in the rubbish or flushing them down the toilet. It is prohibited to throw medicines in landfills because of the risk to the environment, and throwing them down the toilet could result in a waterway contamination.
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10
Jul 2017
More than 1.2m influenza vaccines distributed
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says 1.2 million New Zealanders have been immunised with the seasonal influenza vaccine this year. "This is the sixth year in a row where more than a million doses have been distributed before influenza cases peak and this is a credit to the sector," says Dr Coleman.
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20
Jun 2017
Pharmacists front and centre in new study on WWI
20
Jun 2017
Coleman, Jonathan: Urgent Debates - District Health Board Funding-Allocation Errors
Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN (Minister of Health): Well, Mr Deputy Speaker, I would just like to begin by wishing you all the best on a very significant personal milestone that I know you have passed today, and I must that say that you are looking a picture of health and fitness as you complete your sixth decade.
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Jun 2017
New Zealand pharmacist seizes learning opportunity from across the ditch
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Jun 2017
Dr Lance O'Sullivan: It was when my daughter got sick that I realised how important immunisation is
It was 1996 and we were young parents. I was at medical school when I came upon an anti-immunisation pamphlet left in one of our lecture theatres. I was suspicious of the establishment at the time. You need to understand, I had grown up a welfare-dependent "half-caste" (I hate that term) boy living with his mother, escaping from a life of alcohol, crime and a level of violence that I would not tolerate for my daughters.
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16
Jun 2017
New drugs given green light as Pharmac approves raft of funding proposals
Pharmac has confirmed it will fund several new medicines from July, following a funding boost in this year’s Budget. The medicines include melatonin for children and teenagers with neurodevelopmental disorders and insomnia. The announcement also includes widened access to existing treatments, such as those for HIV and hepatitis C.
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16
Jun 2017
Pharmac has announced the funding of five new treatments
PHARMAC has announced the funding of five new treatments and wider use of over 30 existing treatments, which are set to benefit many New Zealanders from 1 July 2017. The funding of melatonin for children and adolescents with insomnia will provide relief for over 1,200 families across New Zealand, while roxithromycin dispersible tablets, an antibiotic, will make it easier for parents and caregivers to give this treatment to children.
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Jun 2017
Pharmac funding new treatments
Cancer patients, children, and people with HIV amongst those to benefit from PHARMAC decisions. PHARMAC has announced the funding of five new treatments and wider use of over 30 existing treatments, which are set to benefit many New Zealanders from 1 July 2017.
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14
Jun 2017
Pharmacies a pitstop for men's health
14
Jun 2017
Pharmacists' fingers on the pulse
Stuart was awarded life membership in recognition of his 41 years as a pharmacy owner and for the contribution he has made to the Guild and to the pharmacy industry throughout his career.
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12
Jun 2017
Focus on pharmacy innovation at society symposium
08
Jun 2017
Pharmacist goes the ‘whole hog’
07
Jun 2017
Contestable funding era approaches for postgrad training
Health Workforce New Zealand is refining its proposal to change how the health professions’ graduates are trained in their different disciplines, with executive chair Des Gorman aiming for ministerial approval as soon as possible. Asked whether he still wanted a start to be made on a new approach on 1 July, Professor Gorman says "absolutely, if it’s workable".
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06
Jun 2017
Suggestion pharmacies sell cigarettes doesn't find much support in the sector
06
Jun 2017
Selling cigarettes in pharmacies - a great idea, or not?
Experts are calling for tobacco to be pulled from dairies and instead be sold only by pharmacies or tobacco stores. New University of Otago research found tobacco needed to be less accessible to achieve the Government's 2025 smoke-free goal. Lead researcher Dr Lindsay Robertson said the key problems caused by widely sold tobacco included more sales to minors, a greater risk of children using tobacco and undermining smokers' attempts to quit.
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06
Jun 2017
Pharmac confirms new supplier for metoprolol succinate
03
Jun 2017
$26m extra for Bay of Plenty DHB
New funding for Bay of Plenty District Health Board in Budget 2017 increases the DHB's total allocation to a record level, says Health Minister Jonathan Coleman. The Bay of Plenty DHB will receive an extra $26 million in new money this year, taking the board's total funding to $744 million for 2017/18.
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03
Jun 2017
Kiwis will now be able to get a medicinal cannabis extract from their doctor, Government announces
A mother who's fought tirelessly to have restrictions removed around medicinal cannabis following the death of her son says today's a day to celebrate, but there's still work to do. The Government has removed restrictions on medicinal cannabis meaning Kiwis will now be able to get it from their doctor.
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