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E-locker innovator Grant Bai is frustrated at Medsafe holding up nearly 40 community pharmacies being able to use the click-and-collect system

A new “social investment overlay” to fund projects involving community health providers such as GPs has been unveiled by health minister Shane Reti

Graduate pharmacists starting work in rural areas have six weeks to apply for bonding payments worth nearly $20,000 if they continue to work in those areas for the first three to five years of their career

During the election, the National Party pledged to fund 13 cancer treatments if elected. But New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa understands at least six have already been, or recommended to be, declined or haven’t even been registered with Pharmac for approval

Pharmacists will be the predominant part of the government-funded Comprehensive Primary and Community Team work in the southern part of Tasman district, southwest of Nelson City

A man has been arrested following an armed holdup at a Christchurch pharmacy

Canterbury Community Pharmacy Group general manager Aarti Patel has retired after nearly eight years in the role

People in New Zealand are consuming more cocaine and less MDMA and meth, according to report bringing together several strands of research

Pharmacy owners say the sector needs a greater funding increase than previous years to stay sustainable, but they are not hopeful that the 2024 National Annual Agreement Review will achieve this

An Auckland pharmacist who stole $126,000 worth of goods from his employer and sold them over four years, mainly on Trade Me, will have to wait another week to find out his fate