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New community medicine notices Ascorbic acid (Cvite) Tab 100 mg  (Pharmacode: 2642255) Supply of this product is limited. The next...

Issue 329 - 18 September 2025 Welcome to the fortnightly Health Improvement and Innovation Digest. The Digest has links to key evidence...

The Ministry of Health wants to hear your feedback on proposed amendments to the lists of specified prescription medicines and controlled drugs for designated registered nurse prescribers in primary health and specialty teams.   The current schedule of prescription medicines came into effect in August 2024. Since then, new medicines have become available in New Zealand, to which wider access would benefit patients. The schedule needs to be amended to reflect these additional

Proposed amendments to the specified prescription medicines lists under the Medicines ( Designated Pharmacist—Prescribers ) Regulations 2013   The Ministry of Health wants to hear your feedback on the proposed amendments to the specified prescription medicines list for designated pharmacist prescribers.   The current schedule of prescription medicines came into effect in May 2022. Since then, new medicines have become available in New Zealand, to which wider access would bene

Proposal to fund a new brand of methylphenidate for ADHD Pharmac is seeking feedback on a proposal to fund a new modified-release brand...

Coming up in CPD: Navigating radiology: Referral to result WEBINAR 30 September: Learn about the new Community Radiology Programme and...

Pharmac Update: Primary Care Prescribers | 12 September 2025 Below is the latest information on Pharmac consultations, notifications, and...

New community medicine notices None Updated notices Codeine phosphate (Noumed) Tab 60 mg  (Pharmacode: 2643227) Stock has arrived with...

Anxiety is just a prediction error of the brain Prof. Lisa Feldman Barrett likens the brain to an energy-budgeting, prediction-making...

Modernising the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act | Ministry of Health NZ https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/health-workforc...

Medicinal cannabis products that meet the minimum quality standard The Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Regulations 2019 (the...

Proposal to enter into agreement for a range of medical devices supplied by Ecolab New Zealand Kia ora This link will take you to the...

Proposal to enter into agreement for a range of medical devices supplied by Ecolab New Zealand This link  will take you to the proposal...

https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/05/proposal-to-cut-grad-nurses-hours-and-training-is-wrong-footed/

https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360817012/community-health-patient-safety-under-increasing-threat

Let YOUR voice be heard! Our 2025 Voice of Rare Disorders Survey is now open  and this year we need YOUR participation more than ever.  ...

Kia ora. Widened Access We are writing to inform you that from 1 September 2025 the eligibility criteria have been widened for access to...

Pharmac Update: Primary Care Prescribers | 5 September 2025   Below is the latest information on Pharmac consultations, notifications,...

New community medicine notices Fluticasone (Flixotide Accuhaler) 50 mcg  The supplier is out of stock of the 50 mcg Flixotide Accuhaler...

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