Budget 2023

The disability sector is breathing a sigh of relief after the significant boost to funding in this year’s Budget, says New Zealand Disability Support Network CEO Peter Reynolds

Removing the $5 prescription fee (as announced in today's budget)  is a positive move - especially for young people accessing contraceptives, Family Planning chief executive Jackie Edmond says

Budget 2023 increases support for disabled people to access disability services and continues our crucial transformation of disability support services

The Chris Hipkins Government is reducing the cost of health care for New Zealand households by removing the $5 co-payment for prescription medicines from July this year

The Chris Hipkins Government is tackling pay and workforce pressures in the health system with a billion dollar boost that will increase pay rates and the number of nurses

Abolishing the $5 prescription charge is the centre piece for the health system in Budget 2023 

Hopes are high the Government will remove the prescription fee in this week’s Budget

Finance minister Grant Robertson’s promise last year of a three-yearly cycle for health funding sounded like a welcome reprieve; sadly, it does not take effect until next year’s Budget