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The Chris Hipkins Government is reducing the cost of health care for New Zealand households by removing the $5 co-payment for prescription medicines from July this year

The Chris Hipkins Government is tackling pay and workforce pressures in the health system with a billion dollar boost that will increase pay rates and the number of nurses

Hopes are high the Government will remove the prescription fee in this week’s Budget

No new cases of measles have been identified following the two Auckland cases reported earlier this month by Te Whatu Ora, but health agencies warn that further cases are likely unless more people get immunised

The Cyclone recovery package is providing dedicated investment into mental health and wellbeing support, including extending the successful Mana Ake programme developed following the Christchurch quakes into every school in the Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti

Too many young people experiencing acute mental distress are being admitted to adult inpatient mental health services, and this practice needs to stop

Public health and community leaders are calling for a Government Budget tomorrow that invests in the long-term determinants of health for whānau and saves money in the long-term by preventing disease

The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand is hosting its 2023 “Just Breathe” Conference at the Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre in Mt Wellington, Auckland, on 17 and 18 June

UK's Royal College of GPs chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne responds to NHS England’s GP access recovery plan.