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Te Whatu Ora and Te Aka Whai Ora welcome the Minister of Health Dr Shane Reti’s announcement today [21 December] of a suite of tools and funding that will help lift not only Māori immunisation rates but the immunisation rates of all babies in Aotearoa.

Significant investments continue to be made in the future of New Zealand’s health workforce with the announcement that 60 more pharmacists a year will have the opportunity to be upskilled and better support the communities they live in.

Pharmac – Te Pātaka Whaioranga is funding more nutritional supplements for people with inherited metabolic diseases from 1 February 2024.

Today’s New Zealand Health Survey results underline just how badly an urgent change in direction for health is required, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says

As Kiwis prepare for Christmas, public health officials are recommending that people who are more likely to experience severe COVID-19, such as Māori and Pacific people aged 50 and over, as well as everyone aged 65 and older, get a booster vaccine before the holidays

Interns around the country are finding out if they have qualified to become pharmacists this week

“This is good news for Kiwis with a certain type of incurable (advanced) breast cancer. Ribociclib is the same class of drug as palbociclib (Ibrance), which has been funded in NZ for the past three years

Pharmac – Te Pātaka Whaioranga is seeking feedback on a proposal to fund two new treatments for advanced breast cancer and a type of blood cancer. The treatments, ribociclib (branded as Kisqali) and midostaurin (branded as Rydapt), are part of a bundle deal with the supplier, Novartis

The Pharmacy Council welcomes the pass rate of 86 percent for interns who participated in November’s Assessment Centre 2023, with 198 interns having now met the requirements to register for the pharmacist scope of practice and practice independently

Over 1.5 million free toothbrushes and toothpastes have now been distributed to preschoolers and their whānau across the country through a national initiative aiming to improve the oral health of young children