Te Whatu Ora – Health NZ

Documents released under the Official Information Act show a single South Island pharmacy owner who had enough was the catalyst for the controversial unannounced audits programme being halted and put under review. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates

Pioneering pharmacist prescriber Leanne Te Karu has been made co-leader of the new national renal clinical network. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti failed to provide a man with appropriate care after he was denied access to treatment for HIV exposure, according to the Health and Disability Commissioner

Police have arrested a man accused of leaking large amounts of Te Whatu Ora vaccination data online.

Advice and support has been offered to some pharmacies and vaccination sites identified in a video published in relation to the unauthorised disclosure and misuse of data.

Pioneering pharmacist prescriber Leanne Te Karu has been made co-leader of the new national renal clinical network. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

The pharmacy sector will gain an additional $8 million in backdated funding this year, after every contract holder agreed to change the contract start date by Te Whatu Ora’s deadline

Pharmacy representatives deciding on the scope of a services advice group are keen to get cracking and hope the group will have some teeth this time around. 

With smoking rates declining, some pharmacies are seeing individual patients buying up large quantities of the smoking cessation product Habitrol. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

With smoking rates declining, some pharmacies are seeing individual patients buying up large quantities of the smoking cessation product Habitrol. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

A computer program is helping pharmacists with consultations now that the minor-ailments scheme has been set aside. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports