Ministry of Health

Nearly $17.5 million of the $18 million fund that was allocated for “critical” community pharmacies last year is likely to go back to the Crown, because so far no home has been found for it within the sector

Mixed messages about pharmacy involvement in the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine is frustrating Pharmaceutical Society president Professor Rhiannon Braund, who reports widespread confusion among pharmacists

Health minister Andrew Little's once-in-a-generation announcement on health has the pharmacy sector buzzing, with sector leaders optimistic it will bring much-needed change. The Pharmacy Today team reports

Health minister Andrew Little explains details of his reforms in an interview with New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa

News of the removal of all 20 DHBs has surprised some in the pharmacy sector but the widespread feeling is one of hope and optimism that health reforms announced today will benefit pharmacy and their patients across the country

DHBs will disappear and primary and community care will be organised in locality networks under New Zealand’s biggest structural health changes in a generation, unveiled by health minister Andrew Little today

DHBs will disappear and primary and community care will be organised in locality networks under New Zealand’s biggest structural health changes in a generation, unveiled by health minister Andrew Little today

While a COVID-19 early-detection app is trialled, epidemiologist Nick Wilson remains frustrated over the continued “inexplicable” absence of non-invasive saliva testing for border and MIQ workers

A review into the health system response to lead contamination in Waikouaiti’s drinking water supply has found that the sector focused on reducing the risk to the community’s health first

New Zealand's medicines regulator, Medsafe has requested additional information from Janssen, ahead of making a decision about whether to approve the pharmaceutical company’s COVID-19 vaccine