Cabinet material relating to:
Misuse of Drugs (Classification and Presumption of Supply) Commencement Order 2022 and the Misuse of Drugs (Classification and Presumption of Supply) Amendment Order 2022
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations 2022 and Medicines Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2022.
Cabinet material related to the increase to the Combined Pharmaceutical Budget in the 2023/24 financial year.
Eliminating a small co-payment appears to have had a substantial effect on patients’ risk of being hospitalised.
Cabinet has agreed to repeal the Medicines Act 1981 (Medicines Act) and Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985 (made under the Food Act 2014) and replace them with new legislation that will regulate medicines, medical devices, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and natural health products (therapeutic products).
Considering the recent advancements in economic evaluation methods, it is timely to rethink the role of the societal perspective in HTA guidelines and adopt a more comprehensive perspective to include all costs and consequences of healthcare services.
Additional Expectations of Pharmac arising from the Government response to the independent review.
The purpose of this Act is to provide for the public funding and provision of services in order to—
(a) protect, promote, and improve the health of all New Zealanders; and
(b) achieve equity in health outcomes among New Zealand’s population groups, including by striving to eliminate health disparities, in particular for Māori; and
(c) build towards pae ora (healthy futures) for all New Zealanders.
For Pharmac to be effective and deliver its core objectives, it needs to be far more integrated into the health system.
The recent publication of the interim report of the PHARMAC Review Panel raises important questions of the role and processes of PHARMAC in securing equitable access to pharmaceuticals for all New Zealanders.
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI