Ministry of Health

Pharmacists are accusing the Ministry of Health of double ­standards after learning Australian discount chain Chemist Ware­house is recommended to patients at managed isolation facilities across the country  

New Zealand pharmacies en­dured an extraordinary ­influx of prescriptions during COVID-19, leaving some questioning whether it is time for New Zealand to implement a similar dispensing level guideline to that of Australia

Pharmacists are accusing the Ministry of Health of double standards after learning Australian discount chain Chemist Warehouse is recommended to patients at managed isolation facilities across the country

There are 13 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today – 12 in the community and one in managed isolation

There are seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today. There are no new cases to report in managed isolation

A government decision to distribute five million face masks to Countdown and various social agencies, but not pharmacies, is being described as a slap in the face for the pharmacy sector

Pharmacy, you’ve done this before, you can do it again, says Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael as the country once again faces lockdown

The Prime Minister has announced four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in one family from an unknown source

The country’s 20 DHBs are urging community pharmacies in serious financial difficulty due to the impact of COVID-19 to see if they are eligible for a portion of an $18 million funding package

An Auckland pharmacy is struggling to survive after most of its patients unexpectedly vanished four months ago, and didn’t come back