Politics

Pharmacy and the broader health sector is today reacting to the news that prime minister Christopher Luxon has stood down health minister Shane Reti after just 15 months in the role. Mr Luxon is replacing Dr Reti with former transport minister Simeon Brown.  

As part of its coalition deal with National, the ACT Party is preparing to resurrect its “regulatory responsibility” legislation for the fourth time. This is despite the idea having been consistently rejected since 2007

When prime minister Christopher Luxon criticised doctors for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika patients, he called it a matter of need, not ethnicity. But if healthcare isn’t based on ethnicity, how will we truly capture those with the highest need, ponders Lucy O’Hagan

From the return of the prescription fee to childhood jabs getting the green light in community pharmacies, 2024 was a massive year for pharmacy. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks back on the year that was

No internal control, no discipline and no budgetary understanding; commissioner Lester Levy was pulling no punches regarding what went wrong at Te Whatu Ora

From the return of the prescription fee to childhood jabs getting the green light in community pharmacies, 2024 was a massive year for pharmacy. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks back on the year that was

The coalition government’s dismantling of Te Aka Whai Ora demonstrated “reckless disregard for the Maaori–Crown relationship”, says a report released today by the Waitangi Tribunal 

HEALTH MINISTER Shane Reti remains “very interested” in allowing pharmacists to reuse unopened medicines returned to pharmacies.

Reporter Martin Johnston takes a look at how targeting by ethnicity was driven out of policies

When prime minister Christopher Luxon criticised doctors for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika patients, he called it a matter of need, not ethnicity. But if healthcare isn’t based on ethnicity, how will we truly capture those with the highest need, ponders Lucy O’Hagan