Health Funding

A Treasury report to finance minister Nicola Willis confirms the Government has been considering a funding injection for Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora to help the agency remain financially viable

Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to Firas Mudafar about how pharmacies are paid

An Auckland pharmacy owner is doing his bit to demystify the pharmacy remuneration system for his colleagues

Health minister Simeon Brown, in a speech to yesterday’s NZ Infrastructure Investment Summit, told delegates that Budget 2024 had delivered a $16.68 billion funding uplift over three years

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora is considering how it can continue funding comprehensive primary care teams, with health minister Simeon Brown saying practices can use their recent capitation funding boost to keep the teams going after allocated funding expires in June

The Government’s push to consolidate its finances will put added pressure on Budget 2025 and beyond, according to Treasury chief economic advisor Dominick Stephens 

In support of his view that talk of health system underfunding is fake news, the health minister has cited a Ministry of Health response to an NZMJ editorial 

A University of Auckland-led research project looking at ways to mitigate the effects of flu and other respiratory illnesses will not be affected by US Government funding chaos

Pharmac has backed off from its decision to fund a single brand of oestradiol patches after outcry from the public and health professionals

The mooted introduction of copayment charges for lab testing services has been ruled out by health minister Shane Reti, despite lobbying from private-sector providers to allow this