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New Zealand sets out prescribing list for trained paramedics
New Zealand’s government has approved a list of 232 medicines for its planned paramedic prescribing arrangements.
The announcement follows a June decision to allow paramedics to become designated prescribers. The list concerns that professional pathway; it is not advice about treatment or a claim that every paramedic can already issue prescriptions.
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