The organisation is now calling for Health Minister Andrew Little to immediately intervene and instigate a Royal Commission of Inquiry.
Tolich, who is also a Patient Voice Aotearoa trustee, said she never dreamed this would be the outcome of her trying to help children get life-saving drugs.
She said Kiwi kids with cancer should continue to receive the very best treatment options, but there should be equal help for children with other conditions. All children deserve equal consideration and yet, there s a whole primary school class worth of kids who are essentially being picked to die, she said. If a child with SMA can access treatment, then the likelihood of their lives being cut short diminishes drastically and in fact, many will go on and live a healthy and long life. It is unconscionable that rather than Pharmac addressing the inequity by funding available (and highly rated and prioritised by Pharmac s own technical team) medicines for children with SMA, they have taken th
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White Man Behind A Desk
SATIRE: The government s review into Pharmac is like reviewing a goalkeeper who has their hands tied behind their back. Full video available at Patreon.com/WhiteManBehindADesk.
SATIRE: Kia ora! My name’s Robbie and I’m another white man behind a desk. So, the government commissioned the Health and Disability System Review, which said, “Hey, we’ve probably got too many District Health Boards,” and so Andrew Little said, “Okay, how about zero? What if we have zero District Health Boards?” And then he announced Health New Zealand and the Māori health authority.
National is accusing Labour of trying to sneak through a divisive plan to set up separate systems for Māori at all levels - including in Parliament.
Judith Collins is accusing the government of adopting a report called He Puapua to introduce radical changes not only to the health system
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Party leader Judith Collins made the remarks in a speech to party members today in Auckland at the first of a series of regional conferences being held around the country.
Collins has doubled down on her opposition to the government s proposed Māori Health Authority.
The Māori Health Authority - announced by Health Minister Andrew Little 10 days ago - will sit alongside new health body Health NZ, which will have four regional divisions, as well as district offices.
Cecilia Robinson: About time our outdated health service was taken off life support
1 May, 2021 02:00 AM
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We need to make our healthcare system work for all New Zealanders, and this starts with making it accessible for all New Zealanders. Photo / File
We need to make our healthcare system work for all New Zealanders, and this starts with making it accessible for all New Zealanders. Photo / File
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OPINION:
When Health Minister Andrew Little announced sweeping reforms to New Zealand s health sector, it was music to my ears. For too long, our health system has been hamstrung by bureaucracy and red