Health Minister

Budget 2020 delivers the biggest ever increase in funding for District Health Boards, as well as additional funding to deliver approximately 153,000 more surgeries and procedures, radiology scans and specialist appointments to help clear the COVID-19 backlog

Green Cross Health and the Pharmacy Guild are urging the Govern­ment to waive the $5 dollar prescription copayment fee for vulnerable populations to ensure the delivery of an equitable response during the COVID-19 crisis

New Zealand is about to temporarily run out of flu vaccine, says associate health minister Julie Anne Genter 

The Government today announced plans to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of young adults against measles, but the Pharmaceutical Society president worries DHBs may not involve pharmacists in the programme

Cancer plan gives the sector a lot to do renewing approach to preventing and managing cancer 

The Ministry of Health and Pharmac have made 55,000 new doses of influenza vaccine available this week to help relieve a nationwide shortage. 

Refurbished Hamilton pharmacy goes top-of-scope in pharmacy services

New Zealand’s complementary health products group says ongoing delays to long-promised legislation for their sector is stifling business and export growth

Health minister David Clark appears unconvinced that allowing non-pharmacists to buy pharmacies is the best way forward for pharmacy business models, and is seeking feedback on two quite different ownership models

Health minister David Clark has asked for advice on new legislation for natural health products