Health Minister

Budget 2022 provides secure funding for the future of New Zealand’s health system so every New Zealander can have access to the healthcare they need, no matter where they live
 

Health minister Andrew Little has delivered a double dose of criticism of primary healthcare and defended his call for new business models 

It’s a truth sometimes acknowledged that in government policy, everything is a reaction to what went before. And so, it is with the health reforms.

It’s a truth sometimes acknowledged that in government policy, everything is a reaction to what went before. And so, it is with the health reforms.

In the latest announcement on health reforms, health minister Andrew Little revealed today the nine areas where locality networks will be piloted

NZMA’s ‘red letter’ on COVID capacity takes many by surprise 

Health minister Andrew Little still has no plans to take action on removing the $5 copayment, although he now says it is an issue the Government will inevitably have to address

Health minister Andrew Little still has no plans to take action on removing the $5 copayment, although he now says it is an issue the Government will inevitably have to address.

It was just after Pharmacy Today shut up shop for the summer that health minister Andrew Little announced the interim chief executives of the new health agencies proposed by the health reforms.

Health Minister Andrew Little has released an interim report by an independent panel reviewing the national pharmaceuticals-buying agency Pharmac