Associate Health Minister with responsibility for Pharmac David Seymour has welcomed Pharmac’s Acting Chief Executive Brendan Boyle. Brendan Boyle will start as Pharmac’s Acting Chief Executive on ...

Health minister Simeon Brown made a series of sector announcements in the first week of March. Check out our full coverage of ...

Pharmac Board Chair Paula Bennett is welcoming an independent report calling for stronger, more respectful relationships with consumers to ensure their voices are listened to and included in the ...

Reporter Martin Johnston keeps track of what new health minister Simeon Brown has been up to since his appointment in January ...

Councils around the country who are still holding closed workshops have had a nudge from the Ombudsman to open their doors.

Netflix’s new drama Toxic Town tells the true story of a group of women from Corby in Northamptonshire, UK, who gave birth to ...

Associate Health Minister David Seymour has today welcomed the publication of Pharmac’s Consumer Engagement Workshop Report.

Changes to current rules will deliver better access to procedures like scaling beneath the gumline. The rule will allow approved non-veterinarians to carry out subgingival dental procedures on cats ...

His figures are roughly correct. That $6000 represents about 80 per cent of all spending on health and ACC, with the other 20 ...

Māori are more likely to be diagnosed with bowel cancer at a younger age, and at more advanced stages, compared to non-Māori. Leading health experts and advocacy groups have long called for the ...

“Peddlers of illicit drugs are a scourge on society and cause devastating harm on families and communities across the country. Increasing penalties supports law enforcement agencies to crack down on ...

Grant Davidson explains the difficulties in getting international graduates approved and how some of these doctors are ...