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A funding review aimed at improving equity and sustainability in general practice suggests rises of at least 10 per cent for most practices, and more than 34 per cent for high-need practices 

Te Whatu Ora backs a decision by a health official to grant Countdown Pharmacy a contract in Wainuiomata

After the health minister expresses his dislike of profit-making in health, an appointed chair says no one denies a “fair return” to private providers 

The English pharmacy sector is begging the NHS to stop stealing community pharmacists to work in general practice after three years of a programme similar to one being proposed here.

The Ministry of Health says its decisions to license Countdown Pharmacies in Wainuiomata and Gisborne were “reasonable and lawful”

Cost deterred slightly more patients from seeking GP care, according to the latest New Zealand Health Survey, contrary to the longer-term and larger-downward trend 

The legal showdown between independent pharmacy owners and Te Whatu Ora and the Ministry of Health over pharmacy contracting and licensing began in the High Court at Wellington today

The New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’ Association held its annual conference at the weekend and presented awards to the shining stars 

Comments questioning the competency of pharmacists to treat minor ailments have prompted an outraged response from the profession

A leaked document from a Ministry of Health official pleads with the health minister to urgently add 30 professions – including pharmacy – to the immigration Green List