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PHARMACY SECTOR representatives have told Te Whatu Ora that the 2.51 per cent funding increase it plans to offer community pharmacies this year is unacceptable and inadequate.

The return of the $5 prescription fee last month has hit community pharmacy hard with one pharmacist saying his scripts are down by 20 per cent

Changes to the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme allowing New Zealand companies to export have been called a breakthrough for the sector by industry leaders

Two general practices have pulled the plug on their urgent-care clinic contracts – one pushed and one jumping – after staffing and funding issues saw them struggle to meet ACC requirements 

A junior pharmacist who mistakenly dispensed an antidepressant instead of a fertility medication has been found to have breached a patient’s rights by the Health and Disability Commissioner

On 1 July, the Coalition Government reintroduced the $5 prescription fee for most New Zealanders. Zahra Shahtahmasebi checks in with pharmacies to see how they are faring with the change

A University of Otago study has found patients of pharmacies that offered free prescriptions were less likely to be adherent to their diabetes medicine than patients of pharmacies that did not

Sexual health specialist Massimo Giola looks at the evidence for doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis as a prevention tool for bacterial sexually transmitted infections

Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Pope discusses the symptoms, causes and treatment of dry eye

A lesser focus on equity and te Tiriti and more on the nuts and bolts of healthcare targets – the Government policy statement on health has undergone a sharp transformation following last year’s general election.