Rural Health

Any hopes pinned on a funding boost in Budget 2025 to salvage rural after-hours and emergency services have been dashed by “funding constraints” at the national health agency

The future of the voluntary bonding scheme for pharmacy is in doubt after Te Whatu Ora confirmed the programme has been delayed due to financial considerations

After two years with not one applicant for the full-time pharmacist role at Ohakune Pharmacy, the owner is temporarily changing the service model; the pharmacy will become a depot

Graduate pharmacists starting work in rural areas have two weeks left to apply for bonding payments worth nearly $20,000 if they continue to work in those areas for the first three to five years of their career.

Graduate pharmacists starting work in rural areas have six weeks to apply for bonding payments worth nearly $20,000 if they continue to work in those areas for the first three to five years of their career

Early career pharmacists working in rural areas should this month be able to apply for a scheme that will net them a $12,000 bonus after three years.

Early career pharmacists working in rural areas will soon be able to apply for a scheme that will mean a $12,000 bonus after three years 

FROM NEXT YEAR, Te Whatu Ora will pay graduate pharmacists who choose to work in rural areas nearly $12,000 per year for their first three years of work, to entice them to stay in these hard-to-staff areas.

From next year, Te Whatu Ora will pay graduate pharmacists who choose to work in rural areas nearly $12,000 for their first three years of work, to entice them to stay in these hard-to-staff areas

Health minister Andrew Little has delivered a double dose of criticism of primary healthcare and defended his call for new business models