Children s Commissioner Andrew Becroft and Health Minister Andrew Little.
Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King, Samuel Rillstone
Yesterday, RNZ revealed that Pharmac is likely to end the blanket provision of child cancer drugs.
Pharmac said it had long viewed the special exemption for child cancer drugs as inconsistent but it was jolted into finally addressing the issue in response to a discrimination claim taken under the Human Rights Act.
In the claim, the regulator was questioned over why it was funding all child cancer drugs but would not fund Spinraza for about 35 children with spinal muscular atrophy, a deadly genetic condition.
It said no final decisions had been made but the most likely outcome of its review would be to bring child cancer drugs into the normal Pharmac process.
Crown to step down, Māori to step up: Oranga Tamariki breaches Treaty
30 Apr, 2021 12:00 AM
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Five inquiries were launched against Oranga Tamariki under former chief executive Graine Moss leadership. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Five inquiries were launched against Oranga Tamariki under former chief executive Graine Moss leadership. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Reporter, NZ Herald
The Waitangi Tribunal has called on the Crown to step down after a report found state care provider Oranga Tamariki to be a foundation of structural racism.
The Tribunal now recommends that a Māori Transition Authority be established and is calling on the Crown to support this establishment for Māori to lead the way.
Suspected child abuse: Hawke s Bay DHB calls police or Oranga Tamariki 116 times in 5 years
29 Apr, 2021 11:23 PM
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The DHB has wraparound services like Te Ara Manapou to help families in need. Photo / File
The DHB has wraparound services like Te Ara Manapou to help families in need. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Sahiban Hyde
Hawke s Bay District Health Board has treated 116 children with injuries related to suspected physical or sexual abuse in the past five years. The statistics revealed to the Hawke s Bay Today in an Official Information Act response show the DHB saw six cases of suspected sexual or physical abuse in children aged 0 to 17 in the first two months of the year alone.
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