Health Funding

COVID-19 is compounding years of neglect with many pharmacies now in the red following a slump in dispensing and retail sales, Andrew Gaudin told the parliamentary epidemic response committee today 

General practices on the front line in the COVID-19 crisis are feeling let down, angry and taken for granted after Cabinet pulled the plug on the second $22 million instalment of lockdown relief funding 

A “one-size-fits-all" approach to pandemic planning adds to injustice, which is increasing the risk for disadvantaged New Zealanders   

Hugh Lopdell, director of Oak Park Chartered Accountants, talks through the Government’s COVID-19 support for pharmacists and other financial issues facing pharmacists

Pharmacies in the inner city and malls, along with urgent pharmacies, are hardest hit by the COVID-19 lockdown, two pharmacy-focused accountants say

Community pharmacies’ bank balances should look a little healthier, as all $15 million of the support package promised to the sector has been promptly paid out 

The Government is preparing a $15 million payment to support pharmacies during the COVID-19 crisis

National Hauora Coalition says more than money needed to protect health of Māori in pandemic 

Pharmacists around the country have revealed exactly how worried they are about the ever-worsening COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey by Pharmacy Today

Bid to delay COVID-19 community transmission as long as possible behind expanded testing plans