Health and Disability System Review

The deputy health and disability commissioner has asked a pharmacist to apologise to a deceased patient’s family and told a pharmacy to amend its procedures after the pharmacist failed to pick up an intern’s dispensing error.

The pharmacy sector can expect to see this month, the first concrete examples of how pharmacy will fit in to the locality networks promised as part of the country’s health-sector reforms

The pharmacy sector can expect to see this month, the first concrete examples of how pharmacy will fit in to the locality networks promised as part of the country’s health-sector reforms

The recruitment process has begun for the interim boards of Health NZ and the Māori Health Authority, with the Government seeking expressions of interest

Health minister Andrew Little's once-in-a-generation announcement on health has the pharmacy sector buzzing, with sector leaders optimistic it will bring much-needed change. The Pharmacy Today team reports

Whether the Government should introduce a universal free health system and scrap copayments is an option being included in the Government's health reform Transition Unit’s next advice, according to deputy head Martin Hefford

Locality networks for primary and community healthcare could be managed by PHOs or a new government agency, health minister Andrew Little suggests

Episode 8 of System Fix is out now; the discussion is hot with the new shape of the health system at last revealed

News of the removal of all 20 DHBs has surprised some in the pharmacy sector but the widespread feeling is one of hope and optimism that health reforms announced today will benefit pharmacy and their patients across the country

Community Pharmacy Leaders Forum members enjoyed an “upbeat briefing” from key officials from the Health and Disability System Review Transition Unit last month