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Both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in Canterbury hospitals want the same pay increases as those in other DHB areas

New pharmacies can once again open in Northland, following the DHB’s implementation of its new community pharmacy strategy last month

The MidCentral DHB has created a new strategy envisioning an integrated service model for the region’s 32 community pharmacies, but local pharmacists say more funding is needed to put the strategy in place

"Another day older and deeper in debt” is a song lyric about Kentucky coal mining that could be applied to New Zealand’s DHBs

Des Bailey’s treatment for septicaemia, brought on as a result of a colonoscopy, continues out of hospital as he reflects on his survival 

Tauranga Hospital’s pharmacy has a new member of staff – but she’s not human

The nationwide junior doctors’ strike has not helped the slow pace of hospital pharmacy pay talks, with Canterbury and Northland DHB still to sign off on formal pay offers for Apex union members

Aged care providers query Auckland DHBs’ over-optimistic summary of views on the age-related residential care proposal 

Pharmacists around New Zealand are banding together to access funding under the new pharmacy services contract

Work is continuing on a proposal by Auckland region DHBs to limit the number of pharmacies able to provide age-related residential care services in the face of concerns about inflexibility and potential loss of jobs