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A growing number of pharmacies are starting to offer a private minor-ailments service using the ReCare digital tool. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates

Pharmacy representatives and contract holders are extremely disappointed by the 2.51 per cent funding boost Te Whatu Ora intends to offer the sector this year

Prescription fees are back this month. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates what the authorities are doing to support pharmacies to administer the new targeted system

Health economist Peter Huskinson analyses the Budget’s real-terms health spend per person and how this compares to previous years 

Many pharmacists believe the upcoming reduction in funding for providing COVID-19 antivirals makes the service financially unviable, and some say they may refuse to offer it as a result

New Pharmac chair Paula Bennett is declining to commit to concrete 12-month targets in her new role at the agency, saying it is far too early

The Government has confirmed that a second phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned will begin in November with new commissioners and expanded terms of reference   

A Hawke’s Bay community pharmacy has been helping to redistribute donated mobility equipment to residents in need

The National Annual Agreement Review meeting scheduled for yesterday was postponed for a second time because Te Whatu Ora is still not ready to make a funding uplift offer to pharmacy representatives

Pharmac will receive a $604 million pre-commitment ahead of next year’s Budget to purchase up to 54 new medicines, including 26 cancer treatments