Rollout of national bowel cancer screening programme stalls
The rollout of a national bowel cancer screening programme appears to have stalled - much to the concern of a support charity.
The rollout of a national bowel cancer screening programme appears to have stalled - much to the concern of a support charity.
A health economics professor says the Government's new direction for Pharmac could exacerbate existing inequities, with the agency now set to make wider economic and social considerations in its funding for drugs.
NZ Herald. Dear Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Minister of Finance Nichola Willis, and Associate Minister of Health (Pharmac) David Seymour. In August last year a promise was made to fund 13 new cancer medicines via a $280 million ring-fenced fund to Pharmac....
One News. The Government has confirmed universal free prescriptions will be axed in July with the $5 co-payment restored for most New Zealanders. However, prescriptions will stay free for people with Community Services Cards, people under 14, and people aged 65 and...
NZ Doctor. The return of the $5 prescription fee for most people is the main change for New Zealand’s health system in Budget 2024. The Coalition Government has followed through on its election campaign pledge to bring back the fee for everyone except Community...
RNZ. Heading into winter, Covid-19 is making headlines thanks to new variants and an increase in case numbers. Virus levels in wastewater were the highest they've been since December, 2022, according to national surveillance data for the week ending 19 May. And...
Stuff. Health NZ says it is working hard to recruit cancer care specialists. However, the public health agency has been unable to provide oncology vacancy numbers. Read...
NZ Herald. Former pharmaceutical company executive turned Act MP Todd Stephenson has been appointed to a special role representing Pharmac’s new government minister, his party leader and Associate Minister of Health David Seymour. Read...
One News. A slew of cold and flu medicines containing pseudoephedrine are back on the shelves after the Government lifted a decade-long ban on the ingredient. Read more...
NZ Herald. The death of a Dunedin man may have been prevented if he had been given more information before consenting to the Covid vaccination that later claimed his life. Read...
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