Equity

New guidelines for asthma management were published in 2020. Pharmacist prescriber Helen Cant outlines what has changed in guideline recommendations and, in collaboration with medical writer Gayle Robins, discusses strategies for reducing the disproportionate asthma burden in Māori and Pacific peoples

Pharmacy gets a mention in the Government’s newly released interim New Zealand Health Plan but the document contains few announcements for the sector with little detail about how the measures in it will be implemented or paid for

New research suggests short-acting asthma inhalers are being overused and long-acting ones are underutilised, especially for Māori and Pacific peoples 

A “different” approach to healthcare is the reason Zoom Healthcare exists and the company continues to ride the wave of change, Paulette Crowley writes

Health minister Andrew Little says the days of Pharmac prioritising the cheapest drugs possible over other considerations when making funding decisions are over

A “different” approach to healthcare is the reason Zoom Health exists and the company continues to ride the wave of change, Paulette Crowley writes

MĀORI, ASIAN AND PACIFIC peoples
are far less likely to be prescribed antidepressants
than New Zealand Europeans.

Katrina Azer, a clinical pharmacist for Tend Health, looks at reasons why patients don’t take their medicines correctly and how health professionals can address it

An equity-focused Pharmac report on the prevalence of gout within Pacific communities is a commendable first step, says south Auckland GP and chair of the Pasifika GP Network Api Talemaitoga 

Pharmac has released the Pacific peoples health – Gout data insights report today. The report shows that, while the prevalence of gout in Pacific peoples continues to climb, access to preventive gout medicine remains inequitable