Budget

Budget 2020 delivers the biggest ever increase in funding for District Health Boards, as well as additional funding to deliver approximately 153,000 more surgeries and procedures, radiology scans and specialist appointments to help clear the COVID-19 backlog

The Government is ratcheting up investment in mental health and addiction and anticipating GPs playing a big role in its new “more access and choice” approach 

Pharmac’s head says the 2018 Budget has boosted its funding to record levels and is taking no heed of detractors who claim otherwise

Two whānau ora providers welcome a review of the whānau ora programme set up in 2010  

Health stands out as the winner in the Labour-led Government’s first budget and pharmacists are hoping to get a flow-on benefit from the boosted funding

Today’s Budget was described by the Prime Minister earlier in the week to be one of “no surprises” and some health officials believe it was one promise the Government managed to deliver.

The Pharmacy Guild is hopeful the DHB funding increase in the 2018 budget could lead to a more favourable outcome for pharmacists in ongoing contract negotiations

The Labour-led Government’s first Budget shows promise, the PSA says - but there are still many in the public and community service who will wonder when their turn is coming

The Government has made significant moves in today’s Budget to increase access to primary care – extending free GP visits and prescriptions to under-14-year-olds, and g

With the state of hospitals and DHBs in the public spotlight, primary care could be joining a long queue for cash in tomorrow's Budget