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A mobile-pharmacist role in the South Island is helping Māori patients get reviews of their medications and understand the reasons for taking them

There is a question mark over how pharmacies will continue to be funded to provide COVID-19 antivirals without a prescription from the start of next month

Green Cross Health’s profits are down after a tough 12 months of trading

Government ministers are rushing for cover in the wake of widespread criticism of the Budget’s failure to deliver on an election promise of funding for 13 cancer drugs

Vitaco Health’s hard work to revive its effervescent tablet brand paid off when it walked away with Natural Health Product NZ’s Supreme Award last week

Budget 2024: The Government’s $3.1 billion increase in Vote Health in Budget 2024 obscures the fact that most of it has already been earmarked for settling Holidays Act claims, according to University of Auckland professor of health policy Tim Tenbensel

Budget 2024: The Government’s decision to axe free prescriptions in Budget 2024 rankles academic and specialist GP Ben Gray.

Budget 2024: Te Awamutu pharmacy owner Gemma Perry thinks every pharmacist in New Zealand will be feeling “pretty gutted” to hear the Government is bringing back the $5 Prescription fee on 1 July

Budget 2024: Aside from a glaring hole where new funding for Pacific providers should be, there are no surprises in the Vote Health section of the 2024 Budget, says public health academic Sir Collin Tukuitonga

The return of the $5 prescription fee for most people is the main change for New Zealand’s health system in Budget 2024