Thursday, 20 May 2021, 2:37 pm
Announcement in the budget today of $200 million over the
next four years is simply meeting the Government s election
2020 promise for funding existing medicines and some new
ones. It does nothing to solve the medicines access crisis
or medicines inequity issues for Māori and Pacific peoples,
and simply confirms information already leaked to the media
earlier this week.
While New Zealand’s total health
budget has increased with a big investment to overcome the
COVID-19 and DHB funding issues, the medicines budget has
not kept up with population growth and inflation since 2007
and is still in crisis. Evidence for this came from a recent
Press Release – Medicines New Zealand Announcement in the budget today of $200 million over the next four years is simply meeting the Government’s election 2020 promise for funding existing medicines and some new ones. It does nothing to solve the medicines access crisis or medicines …
Announcement in the budget today of $200 million over the next four years is simply meeting the Government’s election 2020 promise for funding existing medicines and some new ones. It does nothing to solve the medicines access crisis or medicines inequity issues for Māori and Pacific peoples, and simply confirms information already leaked to the media earlier this week.
Wednesday 14 April 2021, 12:50 AM
New Zealand takes 2.5 times the OECD average of nine months, to publicly fund modern medicines. Why the delay here? Asks Medicines New Zealand chief Graeme Jarvis
VIEWPOINT
Graeme Jarvis has some questions for the reviewers of funding agency Pharmac to ask as they embark on their work
The Government’s decision to have a review into drug funder Pharmac should be seen both as positive and as good public-sector governance.
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