Health Funding

Just a few months into her new role as president of the Pharmacy Guild, Keshree Naidoo-Rauf is focused on unity and advocacy in these challenging times.

Government plans to return to surplus by 2027/28 will require either an increase in revenue or cuts in spending, and it’s the later that is more likely. That’s the view of Treasury chief economic advisor Dominick Stephens

Pharmacy owners and the Pharmacy Guild are extremely disappointed with the outcome of this year’s annual contract talks, reports Jonathan Chilton-Towle

Pharmacy owners and the Pharmacy Guild are extremely disappointed with the outcome of this year’s annual contract talks, reports Jonathan Chilton-Towle

Just a few months into her new role as president of the Pharmacy Guild, Keshree Naidoo-Rauf is focused on unity and advocacy in these challenging times.

The Government says a cost blowout for the new Dunedin Hospital, which could see its price tag reach close to $3 billion, means the planned project can no longer be justified

A six per cent increase in funding for lab services providers has been welcomed, but concerns remain about how much of it will reach those on the front line

A Cabinet paper from Budget 2024 released last week shows a $138 million Te Whatu Ora IT project, which was supposed to modernise the commissioning and payments systems for publicly funded health services, was on shaky ground

More than 1 million more prescriptions were dispensed after the removal of copayment charges by the previous government, Treasury papers show

GenPro hopes the legal action it has begun against Te Whatu Ora under the Fair Trading Act will lead to fair contracts being established