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Change is in the air at Pharmacy Today Kaitiaki Rongoā o te Wā

A number of general practice organisations have confirmed meeting dates with Te Whatu Ora commissioner Lester Levy

Pharmacy representatives and Te Whatu Ora remain at loggerheads over pharmacy’s annual funding increase after the latest National Annual Agreement Review meeting

An Auckland pharmacist and academic is concerned the planned roadside drug-testing regime may unfairly inconvenience some drivers appropriately taking prescription medicines

A new $10 million mental health and addictions fund has been criticised as having a set of “impossible prerequisites” that lock community and grassroots organisations out of the application process

A new round of job cuts at Te Whatu Ora will result in the axing of 268 commissioning positions, according to the Public Service Association

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

Changes to disability support services are coming as the Government responds to an independent report finding Whaikaha could overspend on its budget by year’s end 

A sweeping review of courses at the University of Auckland could see some courses and programmes in health sciences cut, but no clinical programmes from the medical school will be affected 

A pollen-monitoring programme led by a Kiwi pharmacist is urgently seeking further funding as the sneezing season is nearly upon us