Health Funding

Stephen Child, of health insurer Southern Cross, is questioning the huge range of private specialist fees for procedures, faced by patients and their insurers.

Health minister Andrew Little has not displayed any great concern over the failure of Canterbury DHB’s 2020/21 annual plan to receive his approval 

The Pharmacy Council has returned around half a million dollars in relief funding to the Ministry of Health after it failed to find a home for it within the sector

The Pharmacy Council has returned around half a million dollars in relief funding to the Ministry of Health after it failed to find a home for it within the sector

Pharmac is considering declining 97 inactive medicine funding applications. Previously inactive applications have remained on PHARMAC’s books, despite being unlikely to be approved for funding

The 2021 Budget sets aside nearly $500 million to implement health reforms, giving less to the soon-to-be-defunct DHBs and providing funding boosts to several health workforces to address cost pressures, including primary care. Pharmacy Today/Kaitiaki Rongoā o te Wā reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

If the Pharmacy Council cannot find a home for nearly half a million dollars in relief funding by the end of next month, it will be forced to return the money to the Ministry of Health

If the Pharmacy Council cannot find a home for nearly half a million dollars in relief funding by the end of next month, it will be forced to return the money to the Ministry of Health

Whether the Government should introduce a universal free health system and scrap copayments is an option being included in the Government's health reform Transition Unit’s next advice, according to deputy head Martin Hefford

A report due last year detailing plans for a minor ailments scheme for pharmacy has now been folded into the Community Pharmacy Services and Funding Model Review