General Practice

General practice has been offered a 4 per cent funding uplift by Health NZ Te Whatu Ora in their annual contract talks. Is this a sign of what is coming for the pharmacy sector at the upcoming National Annual Agreement Review (NAAR) meeting on Monday?

Key Te Whatu Ora health IT projects, including the flagship Hira programme, are now facing an uncertain future due to Budget cutbacks, despite a government briefing paper highlighting the sector’s crumbling infrastructure

There is a question mark over how pharmacies will continue to be funded to provide COVID-19 antivirals without a prescription from the start of next month

Some practices are choosing patients based on health, amid a rise in closed books and limited enrolments, researchers say

GP leaders are frustrated and “extraordinarily” disappointed at yesterday’s decision to allow pharmacist vaccinators to deliver six-week infant vaccinations

Pharmacists will be the predominant part of the government-funded Comprehensive Primary and Community Team work in the southern part of Tasman district, southwest of Nelson City

PHARMAC HAS DELAYED making a decision on its proposal to remove the restriction on pharmacist vaccinators giving childhood vaccines. 

Practices may rethink whether they can afford to carry on with immunisation monitoring and recalls if parents opt to go to community pharmacies for infant vaccinations, says an RNZCGP submission

Pharmac has delayed making a decision on its proposal to remove the restriction on pharmacist vaccinators giving childhood vaccines

The vital role pharmacy plays in the healthcare response during emergency situations is unrecognised in reports from Te Whatu Ora. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports