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Rural health leaders are increasingly concerned about Kiwis’ travel this summer, after comments by director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield 

Pharmac’s drug buying approach disadvantages Māori, Pacific people, disabled people, those living with rare disorders and does little to reduce inequity. 

The Pharmacy Defence Association is criticising the Pharmacy Council for its handling of the disciplinary action resulting from the case of prescription fraud that caught up multiple pharmacists in 2017.

In which we provide a short fix of reform news as we find it, to keep everyone in the loop 

Health and disability commissioner Morag McDowell says she has concerns over media reports about care of COVID home-isolation cases and has written to the Ministry of Health  

Abnormal patient behaviour, new models of care and declined referrals are identified in a recent survey of general practice as factors that delayed care during New Zealand’s first lockdown 

Government gives approximate date for when children aged 5 to 11 can start to be vaccinated against COVID-19

ProCare is to share its patient data with healthcare collective Taumata Kōrero to bolster the Māori vaccination drive 

Nurse practitioners are waiting to hear the health select committee’s deliberations on its petition highlighting pandemic prescribing barriers