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The Ministry of Health is seeking applicants to join the Pharmacy Council board ahead of the departure of its chair, Arthur Bauld

Some general practices have already increased patient fees by 7 to 16 per cent from 1 July due to the anticipated 4 per cent capitation increase falling far short of covering cost pressures  

Several Te Whatu Ora board members have quit well short of the end of the terms of appointment, helping to clear the way for the Government’s “refresh”

Associate health minister David Seymour, the minister responsible for Pharmac, has told the drug-buying agency he no longer expects it to consider how it can contribute to embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi across the health sector

About one-third of adults have high blood pressure. Two-thirds of these have uncontrolled high blood pressure

Medical jobs are going unfilled as part of a crackdown on hospital recruitment, despite Te Whatu Ora/Health NZ saying otherwise

Pseudoephedrine became available for over-the-counter sale for the first time in 13 years on 20 May, after the ACT Party delivered on its election promise to undo the 2011 reclassification of the product as a prescription-only medicine. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks at what pharmacies have experienced since then

Pharmacy sector trailblazer Natalie Gauld has raised over $20,000 for Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand

Woolworths Pharmacy (formerly Countdown Pharmacy) has withdrawn its appeal of the High Court finding that its pharmacy ownership structure was unlawful

Te Whatu Ora isn’t seeing the improvements it would like to see in key areas, and many parts of the primary and community healthcare sectors are suffering from workforce and resourcing constraints, according to chief executive Margie Apa