Politics

A population health study released by Te Whatu Ora outlines some of the major gains made in reducing smoking in New Zealand in recent years and flies in the face of the new Government’s plans to roll back the next stage of the smokefree legislation

The documents released today by the incoming Coalition Govenment include a list of the ministers inside and outside Cabinet

Andrew Little was health minister from November 2020 to 1 February 2023 and, as such, shepherded into being the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act, enabling the current health reforms

University of Auckland health economics chair Paula Lorgelly says Pharmac’s recent email scandal has come at a monumentally bad time and “completely detracts” from the agency’s work

NZ First health spokesperson Jenny Marcroft says her party will not scrap Pharmac without having an alternative in place, and work needs to be done on what this looks like

The minor parties are offering a grab-bag of policies that will affect pharmacy ahead of the election

The National Party has finally released its health manifesto, Better Health Outcomes, a 20-page paper setting out some of its new policies, as well as proposals it has already campaigned on

It’s election time again. While most New Zealanders will probably be basing their votes on the cost of living, crime, or which candidate they would like to have a beer with, I suspect for many pharmacists the choice will come down to a single issue: prescription fees

With Election 2023 looming, we asked the health spokespeople of all the parties that look like they have a shot at getting into Parliament (based on current polling) what they will do for the pharmacy sector

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