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
Thousands missing out on bowel cancer screening – study
Thousands of New Zealanders are failing to get proper screening for bowel cancer.
Pharmac proposes widening access to medicine used in the treatment of chronic heart failure
Pharmac is proposing to widen access to a medicine used in the treatment of chronic heart failure.
Hospital MRI and nuclear medicine technologists strike for four days
Hospital-based MRI and nuclear medicine technologists have stopped work for four days from 6am Friday morning.
Commentary
Strategic Intentions 2024–2028 Ko ngā Takune-ā-Rautaki 2024–2028
The document sets out the Ministry’s own strategic focus, functions and priorities aligned and contributing to, but distinct from those of the Government.
MEMORANDUM-DIRECTIONS OF JUDGE D STONE CONCERNING NEXT STEPS IN THE TE AKA WHAI ORA PRIORITY INQUIRY
This memorandum-directions confirms next steps regarding the priority inquiry into the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora (the Maaori Health Authority).
Ngā tauira o te hauora Māori | Māori health models
Māori health models are based on a holistic view of wellness.
Academic Literature
Consequences of cost barriers to prescriptions: cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand
Jeffreys et al. People who faced a cost barrier were 34% (hazard ratio 1.34; 95% CI 1.29-1.39) more likely to be admitted to hospital than those who did not. Read...
Struggling to afford medicines: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of participants in the FreeMeds study
The aim of this study was to explore participants’ previous experiences with paying for medicines, and the impact of receiving free medicines through the Free Meds study
Accessing diagnosis and treatment: The experience of cancer as wrangling with the system
Dew et al. We argue that for most people with long-term cancer survival wrangling is a social practice, but the capacity to succeed in that practice is dependent on a range of factors, including levels of economic, cultural, and social capital. Read...
Legislation and Parliament
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Reports and Government Documents
Government Policy Statement on Health 2024–2027
The Government Policy Statement on Health 2024-27 is the public statement of what Government expects the health system to deliver and achieve, and how success will be measured, monitored, and reported.
Sector Cyber security strategy and roadmap
Ministry of Health 2023. The health sector in New Zealand is a critical sector, with multiple interests, especially in the cyber security unit. Read...
Interim Government Policy Statement Measures Snapshot Report 2022/23
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora has developed a snapshot report to monitor the progress the health system is making on delivery against the Interim Government Policy Statement on Health 2022–2024 (iGPS). The iGPS set the...
Key issues
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI