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A long-awaited plan for transforming New Zealand’s health system promises to lay foundations for improving health outcomes and stamping out inequities will do so with no new money for the first two years

Pharmacy gets a mention in the Government’s newly released interim New Zealand Health Plan but the document contains few announcements for the sector with little detail about how the measures in it will be implemented or paid for

The Hastings UFS Dispensary closes its doors today for the last time after serving its members for 101 years 

Picton pharmacist Graeme Smith is calling on cruise ship companies to make sure their passengers understand New Zealand’s COVID-19 rules on mask wearing

The relentless workforce shortage is affecting everyone in pharmacy and doable solutions are desperately needed, say sector leaders 

The rate of pharmacy closures is slowing but discounters are opening most of the new pharmacies 

Cyber security, patient-harm reporting and spending $100 million on telehealth – these are among the many topics occupying Te Whatu Ora board members

The only meningococcal vaccine funded for tertiary students living in halls of residence does not protect against the most common cause of the potentially deadly disease

Te Whatu Ora has extended the signature-exempt prescriptions waiver again at the 11th hour, this time for two years

The second annual Allied Health Awards at Te Whatu Ora MidCentral saw two pharmacists celebrated for research and collaboration