Health Funding

Te Whatu Ora will provide up to $188 million over four years to support the delivery of new medicines, including the 26 cancer treatments promised by the Government in June

The pharmacy profession is under unsustainable pressure and patient care is suffering, according to PSNZ’s annual workforce survey

A new $10 million mental health and addictions fund has been criticised as having a set of ‘impossible prerequisites’ that lock community and grassroots organisations out of the application process writes Patrice Dougan

Academics from the University of Otago: Esther Willing, Peter Crampton, Robin Gauld; and from the University of Auckland: Jaime King, Paula Lorgelly and Tim Tenbensel onsider the parlous state of the health system

Treasury suggested boosting primary care funding would give better bang for buck than pouring extra millions into new cancer drugs.

The very idea of Pharmac presents a conundrum for the minister in charge, Act leader David Seymour

The reduction in funding for the pharmacy COVID-19 antivirals service will undermine community pharmacies’ ability to provide essential health services, writes Bay of Plenty Community Pharmacy Group president Stuart MacDonald

Minister of health Shane Reti claims he met with the minister of finance Nicola Willis and appointed a “specialist financial expert” in March due to concerns about Te Whatu Ora finances

News that the Government had done little legwork on its promise of cancer drug funding comes as no surprise to Auckland medical oncologist George Laking

Seven projects have received government funding totalling nearly $250,000 to maintain and promote the use of New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL)