Whangārei rally supports call to double funding for Pharmac
13 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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The Whangārei rally in Laurie Hall Park ahead of the Lie Down For Life petition being sent to Parliament calling for more funding for Pharmac. Photo / Michael Cunningham
The Whangārei rally in Laurie Hall Park ahead of the Lie Down For Life petition being sent to Parliament calling for more funding for Pharmac. Photo / Michael Cunningham
Northern Advocate
Northlanders have lent their support to a petition presented to Parliament calling for more funding for government drug-buying agency Pharmac.
The Lie Down For Life petition, presented by Patient Voice Aotearoa on Wednesday, calls for the Government to conduct an external reform of Pharmac, and to double the budget Pharmac receives in next week s budget, with a plan to triple the budget of Pharmac within two years.
The names of 60 people who had allegedly died while waiting for funded medicines to be approved by the government were read out at New Plymouth’s Puke Ariki Landing on Wednesday.
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Kiwis nationwide
participated in ‘Lie Down for Life’ across the country
to mark the moment and call for change
One in
50 New Zealanders have today demanded a significant budget
increase and independent review of Pharmac. Their voices
were heard loud and clear at a series of protests held
across the country, culminating in the 100,000 person-strong
petition being handed to Parliament in Wellington.
The
petition, presented by Patient Voice Aotearoa, is calling
for the Government to conduct an external reform of Pharmac,
and to double the budget Pharmac currently receives in next
week’s budget, with a plan to triple the budget of Pharmac