Health Policy

New pharmacies will once again be permitted in the MidCentral DHB area when the DHB implements its pharmacy contracting policy at the end of this month

As the 2020 general election looms, Pharmacy Today posed the sector’s burning questions to a handful of top contenders vying for your vote 

There is enormous potential for community pharmacies to reduce inequities by improving access for disabled people, says University of Auckland pharmacology PhD candidate Jason Zhou 

Auckland pharmacy lecturer Sanya Ram teases out the issues relating to conscientious objection in light of intense debate over the End of Life Choice Bill

Northland pharmacists have until 30 April to have their say on the DHB document that will govern how pharmacy services are contracted and paid for in their region over the next seven years

National Hauora Coalition chief executive Simon Royal believes better health outcomes for Māori rely on greater levels of Māori leadership and control of policy and delivery of services

Immunisation Advisory Centre director and Porirua GP Nikki Turner considers the staunch approach taken in Australia to vaccination

Health Minister Dr David Clark says the new Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has the skills and experience to be an outstanding leader for the Ministry of H

In Tim Tenbensel’s tale of two health ministers, neither emerges basking in glory, but one may yet prove to have lit the spark on healthcare integration

Parliament, the NZMA and the RNZCGP all want to hear the thoughts of doctors on proposed law changes around newborn enrolment and end-of-life choices