Pharmac is proposing to widen access to a medicine used in the treatment of chronic heart failure.
The medicine, empagliflozin, would be available to people who have chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction – about half of all people with chronic heart failure.
Pharmac director of pharmaceuticals Geraldine MacGibbon says empagliflozin is a medicine that can give people more time with their loved ones and lessens the time spent in hospital.
With the ACT Party’s Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill having its first reading in parliament last week, the debate and protests have been – understandably – focused on the local historical and political landscape.
n 2016, a voluntary National Healthy Food and Drink Policy was released to improve the healthiness of food and drinks for sale in New Zealand health sector organisations. Read more
Despite three decades of policy initiatives to improve integration of health care, delivery of health care in New Zealand remains fragmented, and health inequities persist for Māori and other high priority populations. Read...
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
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Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
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