ASMS senior doctors’ 48-hour strike planned for 23 and 24 September 2025
Senior doctors and dentists at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike for 48 hours on Tuesday 23 September and Wednesday 24 September.
Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only.
GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strikes and will continue to operate as normal.
Hawke's Bay Hospital’s pharmacy service provides a supply, dispensing and clinical pharmacy service for patients in hospital and at other Health NZ centres in Hawke’s Bay.
The hospital pharmacy supplies, dispenses and provides a clinical pharmacy service for patients in the hospital, at Wairoa Health and Central Hawke's Bay Health Centres. The pharmacy also supplies Napier Health and a number of outlying clinics.
Patient medicines information leaflets
You can find up to date patient information leaflets on individual medicines on the following websites. Some leaflets are available in te reo Māori and in other languages.
The information in these leaflets is meant to supplement and not be a substitute for the expertise and judgment of your doctor, pharmacist or other healthcare provider. It is not meant to indicate that the use of the medicine is safe, appropriate or effective for you. Talk to your healthcare provider before using the medicine.