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An expected Government review of primary care funding appears to have been superseded by a much wider-ranging review of the health system announced by health minister David Clark yesterday afternoon

A Dunedin researcher who admitted to making fake prescriptions on his home computer has been sentenced in court

Pharmac is inviting people to provide feedback at community meetings in May and June on ways it could do things better

A Rodney man charged with planting prescription pills in two McDonald’s sundaes has had his first court appearance

Irish health technology com­pany Clanwilliam Group has turned on the money tap in New Zealand, investing $80 million in health IT in New Zealand over the past year, with plans to do the same in the next 12 months

Pharmac’s head says the 2018 Budget has boosted its funding to record levels and is taking no heed of detractors who claim otherwise

An Australian online health surveillance system has expanded its reach across the Tasman

A 22-year-old man has been charged after prescription pills were found inside McDonald’s sundaes

The makers of a new prescrip­tion delivery service app are heralding a boon for patient medication adherence but gen­eral practice commentators are warning of an already crowded app market

Two whānau ora providers welcome a review of the whānau ora programme set up in 2010