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Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to Rhiannon Braund, the head of New Zealand’s third pharmacy school, about the preparations under way

There’s been an increase in the number of clinicians and allied health workers employed by Te Whatu Ora, workforce data released today shows

The rapid-response home-visiting team of Auckland outreach vaccination service, Uri Ririki Child Health Connection Centre, will be disestablished at the end of this month

The Ministry of Health will axe 123 jobs as part of its latest round of cost-cutting

Two new iwi Māori partnership boards could be established, says interim national director Hauora Māori services group Riana Manuel

The National Annual Agreement Review meeting planned for tomorrow has been postponed until 24 June because Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora does not yet know how much money it will allocate to pharmacy funding

None of New Zealand’s three biggest private hospital companies have been approached about a 70-bed hospital proposed for Wānaka by a local property investment company

Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to former chief pharmacy advisor Andi Shirtcliffe about her time at the Ministry of Health

The withdrawal of free flu vaccines for all under-12s this winter has seen a 42 per cent reduction in children getting vaccinated to date, according to Te Whatu Ora statistics

A pharmacy that mistakenly dispensed a fast-release insulin pen instead of a slow-release pen has been found to have breached a patient’s rights by the health and disability commissioner