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While the winter minor-ailments scheme has ended, pharmacists in three regions still have funding to treat minor conditions 

Andrew Little was health minister from November 2020 to 1 February 2023 and, as such, shepherded into being the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act, enabling the current health reforms

Unless someone high profile gets it, most of us aren't thinking about the dangers of catching Covid-19 now. We should be – it's our country's biggest infectious disease killer, twice as deadly as influenza

The Prescription Access Initiative is holding on to hope that the change in Government may not result in the $5 prescription fee being reintroduced

Allied health workers including hospital pharmacists, represented by the New Zealand Public Service Association have voted overwhelmingly to accept the pay equity deal offered by Te Whatu Ora

Te Whatu Ora has agreed to fund 205 pharmacy accuracy checking technicians (PACTs) to be trained over two and a half years, starting in November.

Martin Johnston reports on the markers of stress in general practice, where the feeling of failing to cope is palpable

Pharmacy sector representatives are disappointed Te Whatu Ora has not budged from the 5 per cent funding increase it put on the table at the start of pharmacy contract talks

Pharmacists’ salaries are growing faster than any other job, according to Trade Me Jobs figures. However, the Independent Pharmacists’ Association of New Zealand says wages are still low compared to other professions 

University of Auckland health economics chair Paula Lorgelly says Pharmac’s recent email scandal has come at a monumentally bad time and “completely detracts” from the agency’s work