Equity

The findings of a damning report by Pharmac, which highlights significant medicine access inequities, are “concerning but not surprising”, says the agency’s chief medical officer David Hughes.

We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 17 January. In the meantime, please enjoy our Summer Hiatus series, an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives and articles from The Conversation throughout the year

We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 17 January. In the meantime, please enjoy our Summer Hiatus series, an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives and articles from The Conversation throughout the year

We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 17 January. In the meantime, please enjoy our Summer Hiatus series, an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives and articles from The Conversation throughout the year

We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 17 January. In the meantime, please enjoy our Summer Hiatus series, an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives and articles from The Conversation throughout the year

Hawke’s Bay DHB has launched a new incentive programme with the aim of encouraging more Māori and Pacific peoples to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before Christmas

Former Pharmacy Council members Emma Salis and Charlotte Schimanski resigned from the council because they felt the organisation did not share their values, and their careers and professional reputations would be at risk if they remained on the board

Former Pharmacy Council members Emma Salis and Charlotte Schimanski resigned from the council because they felt the organisation did not share their values, and their careers and professional reputations would be at risk if they remained on the board

Pharmacist Brendon McIntosh takes a quick break from his mahi to give us a sneak peek into his world as a mobile Māori pharmacist working across the South Island to improve access to medicines for whānau. He talks to Anna Lee

Linda Bryant discusses gout, a chronic long-term condition that is often associated with other diseases, and drug-related morbidity and mortality. As such, gout needs to be addressed holistically as part of the psychosocial medical model