Health Funding

Opposition health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse claims health minister David Clark has used creative accounting to make old funding seem new, while injecting little into the drug-funding agency’s now billion-dollar annual budget 

General Practice New Zealand is seeking targeted funding to support at-risk patients and to sustain general practice 

Green Cross Health and the Pharmacy Guild are urging the Govern­ment to waive the $5 dollar prescription copayment fee for vulnerable populations to ensure the delivery of an equitable response during the COVID-19 crisis

Funding community pharmacies to vaccinate pregnant women for pertussis (whooping cough) is likely to overcome some barriers to uptake by raising awareness of vaccines and increasing availability, a University of Auckland study has found

Government wallet snaps shut on urgent care and after-hours clinics – many are just weeks from closure 

COVID-19 is compounding years of neglect with many pharmacies now in the red following a slump in dispensing and retail sales, Andrew Gaudin told the parliamentary epidemic response committee today 

General practices on the front line in the COVID-19 crisis are feeling let down, angry and taken for granted after Cabinet pulled the plug on the second $22 million instalment of lockdown relief funding 

A “one-size-fits-all" approach to pandemic planning adds to injustice, which is increasing the risk for disadvantaged New Zealanders   

Hugh Lopdell, director of Oak Park Chartered Accountants, talks through the Government’s COVID-19 support for pharmacists and other financial issues facing pharmacists

Pharmacies in the inner city and malls, along with urgent pharmacies, are hardest hit by the COVID-19 lockdown, two pharmacy-focused accountants say