Health Funding

With discounters eating into profits, funding that doesn’t cover business overheads and the higher cost of doing business, it’s no wonder the closure of small, independent pharmacies is predicted. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates the sustainability of the sector to identify the pressure points and opportunities

The final instalment of the Pharmacy Council’s relief funding worth $800,000 is up for grabs, but to the council’s surprise, the number of applications so far has been disappointing

The Government’s new scheme of providing free period products in schools nationwide will be a “circuit breaker”, says Wellington academic Terry Fleming 

The Ministry of Health’s plans for the New Zealand pharmacy sector can be summed up in two words: medicines optimisation

The Ministry of Health’s plans for the New Zealand pharmacy sector can be summed up in two words: medicines optimisation

The Pharmacy Council has distributed nearly $900,000 in workforce relief payments to pharmacies across New Zealand

Jonathan Roberts, Auckland director of Moore Markhams, takes a deep dive into the accountancy firm’s latest benchmarking survey for community pharmacy 

The Pharmacy Council has so far received more than 100 applications for its $1.7 million pharmacy relief fund

Labour’s landslide victory in the general election on Saturday was mighty impressive, but the impact on the health sector is likely to be muted, writes The Health Media managing editor Barbara Fountain

Countdown Pharmacy boss Jeremy Armes is calling on the DHBs to simplify the way pharmacies are paid for their dispensing services.