Pharmacy leaders say Budget 2025’s flagship 12-month prescriptions initiative has potential to benefit the public and the wider health system, but work will need to be done to ensure it is properly implemented
The team responsible for overseeing the New Zealand electronic prescribing service will not be made redundant, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has confirmed
The Pharmacy Guild and PSNZ both agree pharmacy workforce regulation needs to be streamlined, as the Government works on a policy that could see the Pharmacy Council rolled into a single health regulator
The Pharmacy Guild has serious concerns that Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has not acted in good faith in community pharmacy contract review talks and last year breached its contractual obligation to properly consider reasonable cost-pressure adjustments for pharmacy funding
The Pharmacy Guild and PSNZ both agree pharmacy workforce regulation needs to be streamlined, as the Government works on a policy that could see the Pharmacy Council rolled into a single health regulator.
Pharmacists and other health professionals who applied for the rural voluntary bonding scheme 2024 intake have finally had their applications approved, a year later than initially promised.
Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to Máté HegedusGaspar, a pharmacist at Stay Well Pharmacy in Christchurch, about how he regained his love for pharmacy after burning out
