Drugs, Devices, and Diagnostics
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Covering prescription medicines and medical devices, which includes instruments, implants, scans and tests, as well as screening and health promoting interventions.
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Media coverage
Covid cases, rules, and free stuff: What you need to know
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...
Health NZ’s commitment to hiring cancer specialists questioned
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...
Investigation: David Seymour’s special medicines envoy has investments in Big Pharma
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...
Legislation
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Academic Literature
A realist evaluation of the development of extended pharmacist roles and services in community pharmacies
Four intermediate health service outcomes were identified: development of extended community pharmacist services; consumers using extended community pharmacist services; more integrated, collaborative primary health care services; and a fit-for-purpose community pharmacy workforce.
Pharmac should not be criticised simply for being selective and slow about the medicines it funds
Pharmac is often criticised for not funding enough new medicines and for being too slow to determine which ones it will fund. However, being slow and focused is not proof of being too slow or too focused.
Impact of removing prescription co-payments on the use of costly health services: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial
Eliminating a small co-payment appears to have had a substantial effect on patients’ risk of being hospitalised.
Reports and Government Documents
Misuse of Drugs (Pseudoephedrine) Amendment Bill
Health Committee. In accordance with the Government’s commitment to allow the sale of cold and flu medication containing pseudoephedrine, the purpose of this Bill is to change the classification of pseudoephedrine as a controlled drug. This Bill reclassifies...
Revised Code of Practice for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology ORS C1
The Radiation Safety Act 2016 (the Act) is administered by the Manatū Hauora – the Ministry of Health (the Ministry). Section 86(1) of the Act allows the Director for Radiation Safety (Director) to issue codes of practice. This is for the purpose of specifying technical requirements.
Cabinet material: Amendments to prescribing regulations for controlled drugs
Cabinet papers:
Amendments to prescribing regulations for controlled drugs
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations
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