Health Funding

The Needle Exchange Services Trust has lost funding from Te Whatu Ora and will be eventually wound up

Te Whatu Ora is planning to offer pharmacy owners 5 per cent more funding this year. Jonathan Chilton-Towle gauges reaction

More details of the planned minor-ailments scheme have been revealed but it will not be available in all regions. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer argues that every perspective, especially that of the independent pharmacist, should be welcomed at the National Annual Agreement Review negotiation table and asks whether the Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement is fit for purpose

Te Whatu Ora today revealed more details of the planned minor ailments scheme but there is disappointment and frustration it isn't available nationwide

Te Whatu Ora will come to the table with an offer of a 5 per cent funding increase to the community pharmacy sector in upcoming contract negotiations

Pharmacists in selected districts will provide telehealth consultations be able to treat minor ailments as part of a 2023 Winter Plan announced by the minister of health today 

Early-career pharmacists might benefit from National’s bonding scheme to retain nurses and midwives 

Ngā Kaitiaki o te Puna Rongoā The Māori Pharmacists Association presented its 2021 and 2022 Hiwinui Heke Scholarships at its symposium on 11 March. Association president Mariana Hudson reflects on the occasion

Natalie Guald's fundraising goal is tantalisingly close. The Auckland pharmacist has raised nearly $14,377, just shy of her $15,000 goal for Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand.