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A new $10 million mental health and addictions fund has been criticised as having a set of “impossible prerequisites” that lock community and grassroots organisations out of the application process

A new round of job cuts at Te Whatu Ora will result in the axing of 268 commissioning positions, according to the Public Service Association

A feasiblity trial on the potential therapeutic use of mushroom-derived psilocybin is set to begin this month

Changes to disability support services are coming as the Government responds to an independent report finding Whaikaha could overspend on its budget by year’s end 

A sweeping review of courses at the University of Auckland could see some courses and programmes in health sciences cut, but no clinical programmes from the medical school will be affected 

A pollen-monitoring programme led by a Kiwi pharmacist is urgently seeking further funding as the sneezing season is nearly upon us

Doctors should be aware of the signs of methamphetamine poisoning after a potentially lethal dose of the drug was found in lollies donated to the Auckland City Mission

Taking risks in business is something Abdul Eraki is familiar with. He and a fellow student had taken out a lease on a pharmacy before they’d passed their internship more than nine years ago

A proposal to cut 4500 Te Whatu Ora jobs, including 470 doctors and almost 1500 nurses, has been dubbed “appalling” by a long-serving health official

New ESR data shows a 45 per cent jump in the number of syphilis cases recorded in New Zealand in 2023, the New Zealand Sexual Health Society says