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Don't play sick children off against each other - Children's Commissioner tells Pharmac Guyon Espiner © RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft is warning Pharmac not to play one group of children with a life-threatening illness off against another. His comments come after RNZ revealed that Pharmac is likely to end the blanket provision of child cancer drugs. Pharmac says it has long viewed the special exemption for child cancer drugs as "inconsistent" but it was jolted into finally addressing the issue in response to a discrimination claim taken un...

Mulholland said this was no way to address the issue raised in Tolich's discrimination claim. "It's clear that Pharmac believes in order to address some inequity, you actually have to take something away from a group of people that are currently receiving it. Obviously, that's the game plan." Pharmac stressed that no current medicine used by child cancer patients would be taken away, but Mullholland was worried about what would happen in the future - both for patients who were diagnosed after Pharmac changed the rules and for new drugs that came on the market. "The road that Pharmac are pursu...

Pharmac's end to the blanket provision 'could play sick children off against each other,' Children's Commissioner tells Pharmac 3 May, 2021 07:17 AM 4 minutes to read A review of the government's drug buyer Pharmac will focus on the timeliness and transparency of its decisions. A review of the government's drug buyer Pharmac will focus on the timeliness and transparency of its decisions. RNZ Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft is warning Pharmac not to play one group of children with a life-threatening illness off against another. His comments come after RNZ revealed that Pharmac is likely...