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A new Te Whatu Ora report spells out some of the organisation’s key priorities in the South Island for 2025 

The Pharmacy Guild is strongly opposed to a redesign of the needle exchange programme that will take wraparound harm reduction services out of the hands of pharmacies from July onwards

A taskforce has been established to review and potentially replace the health system reset plan put forward by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora commissioner Lester Levy 

Speaking to Vicky Chan, Chris Leung and the team at Unichem Pakuranga, it is easy to feel their passion for preventative healthcare within the pharmacy space, as Jody Hopkinson reports

Thousands fewer young people are getting specialist mental health and addiction care despite rising demand, new figures reveal

Fitting-out the long-empty medical centre space at Rolleston’s $14.7-million health hub is finally under way, at the same time building begins on another new practice for the Canterbury town 

A GP advised a woman her father would not be eligible for an assisted death without a formal competence test  

The ability to practise pharmacy together, as Kāi Tahu pharmacists supporting the health needs and goals of their Kāi Tahu whānau, made the Maori Pharmacists' Association's attendance at November's Kāi Tahu Hui-ā-Iwi a very special time. Jody Hopkinson speaks to pharmacists Loren Vincent and Brendon McIntosh

PSNZ is exploring ways to keep three training courses free after losing funding from Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora

From glass bottles to plastic and medicine margins to Pharmac, pharmacy distributor Terry Cressy, who just turned 75, talks to Jody Hopkinson on the eve of his retirement