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The PSA says employment talks between pharmacists, Auckland DHB and a private healthcare provider are going well as staff consider transferring jobs, Paulette Crowley writes

Stephen Choong, a hospital pharmacist working in the Auckland area, says the pay agreement reached between the Public Service Association and the DHBs is a step towards better rights and pay for all allied health staff after two years of stagnation

Yesterday’s final gathering of the Capital and Coast and Hutt Valley DHB boards was an extended howl at work left undone 

Targeted funding for pharmacists and GPs as Middlemore ED struggles  to cope with demand and turns to primary care for help

The number of pharmacists joining forces against two DHBs has grown to 80, says Clive Cannons, who heads the New Zealand Independent Community Pharmacy Group.

THE NUMBER of pharmacists joining forces against two DHBs has grown to 80, says Clive Cannons, who heads the New Zealand Independent Community Pharmacy Group.

THE DHBS HAVE made a pay offer to 10,000 allied health workers, including 400 hospital pharmacy staff, that may put an end to a long-running dispute.

Waikato pharmacists have been rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck into community vaccination drives 

An Auckland-based hospital pharmacist who went on strike with 10,000 other allied health workers on Monday says pay rates are so low there is almost no reason for staff to keep working

A one-off payment has been made to community pharmacies to develop telehealth systems