Māori Health

A mobile-pharmacist role in the South Island is helping Māori patients get reviews of their medications and understand the reasons for taking them

Pharmac’s specialist Māori advisory group has been disestablished replaced by partnerships with outside entities, reports Alan Perrott

Evidence shows ethnicity is a valid factor for identifying need, write University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau health policy professor Tim Tenbensel and School of Population Health associate professor Monique Jonas

The coalition government’s dismantling of Te Aka Whai Ora demonstrated “reckless disregard for the Maaori–Crown relationship”, says a report released today by the Waitangi Tribunal 

A programme that funds community pharmacies to provide free treatment for head lice and skin infections has been a big hit with the public in the Bay of Plenty. Jody Hopkinson investigates

A programme that funds community pharmacies to provide free treatment for head lice and skin infections has been a big hit with the public in the Bay of Plenty. Jody Hopkinson investigates

A feasiblity trial on the potential therapeutic use of mushroom-derived psilocybin is set to begin this month

A University of Otago research team led by specialist GP Sue Crengle hopes to have an equitable lung cancer screening pathway ready to go in four years

Associate health minister David Seymour, the minister responsible for Pharmac, has told the drug-buying agency he no longer expects it to consider how it can contribute to embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi across the health sector

The rapid-response home-visiting team of Auckland outreach vaccination service, Uri Ririki Child Health Connection Centre, was disestablished at the end of last month.