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After the health minister expresses his dislike of profit-making in health, an appointed chair says no one denies a “fair return” to private providers 

A leaked document from a Ministry of Health official pleads with the health minister to urgently add 30 professions – including pharmacy – to the immigration Green List 

A LEAKED DOCUMENT from the Ministry of Health identifies pharmacists and technicians among the 30 professions that should urgently be added to the immigration Green List

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

The Government is expanding the e-Prescription Service to make it easier for people to get the medicines they need, Health Minister Andrew Little has announced

Pharmacy Today reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks at reactions from the pharmacy sector to recommendations by an independent review panel on the drug-buying agency

Government minister Peeni Henare shone a light on the copayment issue while addressing health-sector leaders about the Budget last month.

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

GOVERNMENT MINISTER Peeni Henare shone a light on the copayment issue while addressing health-sector leaders about the Budget last month.

Health minister Andrew Little and associate health minister Peeni Henare are defending the amount spent on Māori health and Pharmac in Budget 2022