New rules for Pharmacists
1 May 2018
The Pharmacy Council has (finally) published their new Code of Ethics 2018.
Articles tagged with "pharmacy"
Nonsense Pharmacy to open in Wellington
17 December 2017
A new pharmacy called Wellworks, focussing on natural health products, is due to open in Wellington in January.
Some great common sense advice from Rob Stock at Stuff
1 October 2017
The Pharmacy Council recently ran a consultation about a new proposed Code of Ethics, after they tried to weaken their code a couple of years ago to remove the requirement that pharmacists could only sell alternative medicines where there was evidence that they work.
Submission to the Pharmacy Council
1 November 2015
In early October the NZ Skeptics submitted a response to the Pharmacy Council's consultation on a proposed change to their Code of Ethics. It had recently been pointed out to the Pharmacy Council (by the Society for Science Based Healthcare) that many pharmacies sell unproven health products, in breach of their current Code of Ethics. The Pharmacy Council's proposed solution is to alter their code to remove the part of the clause that is being breached.
Doctors and pharmacists clash over complementary medicines
4 October 2015
The Pharmacy Council is trying to change part of its Code of Ethics: Here is the old code:
Martin Harris is Supreme Winner at the Pharmacy Awards
16 August 2015
Martin Harris is a previous winner of Best Complementary Healthcare Campaign, in 2012:
After the overdose
1 May 2010
NZ Skeptics link up with a British campaign against homeopathy.
Hokum Locum
1 August 2007
Cranial osteopathy is based on the notion that the bones of the skull can be manipulated. Even doctors have been taken in by this nonsense. The following account is by a registered medical practitioner, Dr Putative (not his real name).
A small success story
1 November 2005
Just once in a while, speaking up can make a difference.