Investment to Increase Access to Medicines

1 Feb 2023

Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health.

Cabinet material related to the increase to the Combined Pharmaceutical Budget in the 2023/24 financial year.

Please note some information has been withheld under the following sections of the Official Information Act 1982:

  • s9(2)(b)(ii) – to protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information
  • s9(2)(f)(iv) – to maintain the constitutional conventions for the time being which protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials.

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HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS

Covering developments in the provision, funding and organisation of health care services.

EQUITY

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DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Focusing on efforts to promote health and prevent disease through social and economic interventions.

DIGITAL HEALTH

Exploring the potential digital transformation to provide a more connected and accessible health system.

TE TIRITI

Monitoring how the health reforms and the performance of the health sector uphold Te Tiriti obligations.