Dr Anthony Jordan (Ngāti Wai) resigned from Pharmac’s board of directors last week, in response to a letter of expectation from the associate health minister David Seymour. In the letter, Seymour dismissed an existing expectation for Pharmac to embed Te Tiriti o Waitangi in its work.
Here, Anthony tells Siena Yates about his decision to quit, and why “needs-based” healthcare isn’t possible without Te Tiriti.
The Government has recently announced its plan to modernise the regulation of medicines and medical devices by replacing the Medicines Act 1981 with a new Medical Products Bill (Bill). Read...
Proceedings of the Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora, University of Auckland and AUT Collaborative Research Symposium 2024. Read...
Despite three decades of policy initiatives to improve integration of health care, delivery of health care in New Zealand remains fragmented, and health inequities persist for Māori and other high priority populations. Read...
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