Inequity

When prime minister Christopher Luxon criticised doctors for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika patients, he called it a matter of need, not ethnicity. But if healthcare isn’t based on ethnicity, how will we truly capture those with the highest need, ponders Lucy O’Hagan

Reporter Martin Johnston takes a look at how targeting by ethnicity was driven out of policies

When prime minister Christopher Luxon criticised doctors for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika patients, he called it a matter of need, not ethnicity. But if healthcare isn’t based on ethnicity, how will we truly capture those with the highest need, ponders Lucy O’Hagan

The Government’s plan to reinstate the $5 prescription fee for most New Zealanders will lead to an increase in hospitalisations, costing the country tens of millions of dollars a year, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University researchers have found.

DISPENSING DATA for COVID-19 antivirals suggest there may have been inequitable access to the treatments.

Dispensing data for COVID-19 antivirals suggest there may have been inequitable access to the treatments

Pioneering pharmacist prescriber Leanne Te Karu has been made co-leader of the new national renal clinical network. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

Pioneering pharmacist prescriber Leanne Te Karu has been made co-leader of the new national renal clinical network. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

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The findings of a damning report by Pharmac are “concerning but not surprising”, says the organisation’s chief medical officer David Hughes