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One pharmacy has closed for good in Hawke’s Bay and pharmacies are merging in Christchurch and Dunedin

Commitment to social responsibility and sustainability recognised at the Natural Health Products 2023 Awards 

Health Navigator NZ website has had a major makeover and has now rebranded as  Healthify He Puna Wairoa

The Ministry of Health should have reconsidered the millions being paid to DHBs once it became clear the MMR catch-up campaign started in 2020 was failing, audit office says 

Strong product sales growth in all regions and markets has pushed AFT’s operating revenue up 

A teenage girl was doubled over in pain after being prescribed medication she was allergic to, in one of three prescription errors 

The road between Wairoa and Napier is now open, but medicines to the Wairoa Pharmacy are still going the long way round

The Government’s announcement that it was scrapping the $5 prescription fee from 1 July caught the pharmacy sector by surprise, but health minister Ayesha Verrall says the policy had been planned for some time

A National government would reinstate the prescription fee for those who can afford to pay it, and target those who can’t, says health spokesperson Shane Reti 

Pharmacists around New Zealand are ecstatic that the $5 prescription fee has been removed in the 2023 Budget