Health Policy

Four key challenges to implementing localities, including general practice willingness, are outlined by health systems researcher Tim Tenbensel in a guest editorial in the latest Journal of Primary Health Care 

This year’s restructuring of the health system is shaping up as an important episode in the history of health policy in Aotearoa, regardless of what happens in subsequent years

The health sector is on the cusp of change, with pharmacists wondering what the new-look system will mean for their profession. Paulette Crowley spoke with chief pharmacist advisor Andi Shirtcliffe to talk about what change may come 

Primary care needs to “get on and build the future”, and not hope for the health reforms to provide answers, says veteran of the sector, John Macaskill-Smith

Health minister Andrew Little still has no plans to take action on removing the $5 copayment, although he now says it is an issue the Government will inevitably have to address

Kia ora koutou, let’s all take a big, deep breath – holding hands is optional – and get ready for 2022

Kia ora koutou, let’s all take a big, deep breath – holding hands is optional – and get ready for 2022.

Health minister Andrew Little still has no plans to take action on removing the $5 copayment, although he now says it is an issue the Government will inevitably have to address.

Dear Santa...we asked pharmacists from across Aotearoa to share with Pharmacy Today readers their three top hopes and dreams for the future. Not surprisingly, many fervently hoped the contentious copayment issue would be consigned to the dustbin, along with COVID which made for a tough 2021

Two instances of Cabinet not accepting expert advice dominated day four of the urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing into the COVID-19 response