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Historic Declaration On The State Of The New Zealand Health System
Saturday, 28 September 2024, 1:07 pm | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Healthcare in the Buller region is in a dire state. As it is isolated from the rest of the country, access to health services, especially in an emergency, is quite literally a case of life or death. More >>
Buller Hospital Petition To Be Delivered Today At Parliament
Tuesday, 17 September 2024, 7:21 pm | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Spokesperson for the Buller Health Action Group Anita Halsall-Quinlan, states that the people of Buller are fed up with the lack of staff at Buller Hospital including the imminent closure of weekend and afterhours clinics in Buller. More >>
Buller Health Action Group And Patient Voice Aotearoa Buller To March For Better Health Services
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 11:17 pm | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Buller Health Action Group (BHAG) and Patient Voice Aotearoa (PVA) are mobilising the people of Buller to march for better health services. More >>
Urgent Primary Care And After Hour Services To Close On The West Coast
Wednesday, 28 August 2024, 5:44 pm | Patient Voice Aotearoa
The closing of urgent primary care and after-hours health services on the West Coast will have dire consequences for the people of the West Coast. The isolated region has an older population with higher health needs with less access to cellphone and ... More >>
What’s Going On At Buller Hospital?
Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 7:20 pm | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Chair of Patient Voice Aotearoa, Malcolm Mulholland, has launched a petition calling on the Government to urgently fix the staffing shortages at Te Rau Kawakawa/Buller Hospital. The petition reads: “That the House of Representatives urgently address ... More >>
The Cruellest Decision Made By Health New Zealand
Monday, 5 August 2024, 10:50 am | Patient Voice Aotearoa
“This has to be the cruellest and dumbest decision made by Health New Zealand to date” states Chair of Patient Voice Aotearoa, Malcolm Mulholland. More >>
Pharmac’s Letter Of Expectations Meets The Expectations Of Patient Advocates
Tuesday, 16 July 2024, 10:03 am | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Today, the Associate Minister of Health (Pharmac), Hon. David Seymour, will release his letter of expectations regarding Pharmac. The letter details 21 action points the Minister expects the Board Chair, Hon. Paula Bennett, to deliver on this year ... More >>
Pharmac To Fund Medicines To Treat Cancer
Friday, 5 July 2024, 12:14 pm | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Pharmac has opened consultation to fund Keytruda for five cancer indications (Triple Negative Breast, Head and Neck, Colorectal, Bladder and Hodgkin-Lymphoma) as well as Opdivo for Kidney cancer. Pharmac is looking to fund Keytruda from October and ... More >>
Cancer Drug Announcement
Friday, 21 June 2024, 9:25 am | Patient Voice Aotearoa
News today that the Government is expected to announce that Pharmac will receive at least $600 million as part of its pledge to fund 13 new cancer medicines is excellent news, not only for terminally ill cancer patients, but for many of the 330,000 New ... More >>
Open Letter To The Government From Cancer Charities
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 5:16 am | Patient Voice Aotearoa
We implore you to make good on your commitment to fund these 13 medicines with the utmost urgency. We welcome the opportunity to work with you to address New Zealand’s medicines crisis that sees hundreds of thousands of kiwis miss out on medicines that ... More >>
Patient Voice Aotearoa Calls For National Health Summit
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 11:02 am | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Patient Voice Aotearoa is calling for a National Health Summit, and urgent bipartisan political action, to address severe doctor shortages – and the cancellation of swathes of cancer services across the southern district – as reported by RNZ yesterday. ... More >>
PVA To Appear At The Health Select Committee Today To Express ‘Grave Concern’ About Therapeutic Products Bill
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 10:21 am | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Patient Voice Aotearoa’s Dr Malcolm Mulholland will today at 3.30 appear before the Health Select Committee to voice opposition to parts of the Therapeutic Products Bill on behalf of Kiwi patients. “The Bill threatens to obstruct access to unfunded ... More >>
“Killing Time” One Year On, Still No Final Response From Pharmac To The Independent Review
Tuesday, 28 February 2023, 10:46 am | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Today marks one year since the Pharmac Review was delivered to then Health Minister Andrew Little. Its recommendations were so damning that Minister Little declared, “The days of the independent republic of Pharmac are over.” Pharmac still hasn’t ... More >>
A Mother’s Day Message From Patient Voice Aotearoa
Friday, 6 May 2022, 1:32 pm | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Parents Voice Aotearoa wants to acknowledge those whānau who have lost their mums and who will be experiencing Mother’s Day without their loved ones. More >>
Trikafta Parliamentary Petition Delivered Today
Monday, 28 March 2022, 9:32 am | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Today, the New Zealand Cystic Fibrosis community are calling upon the Government and Pharmac to fund a wonder drug, Trikafta. We, Patient Voice Aotearoa, stand in solidarity with them. For many people with cystic fibrosis, the drug will make their ... More >>
Thirty-six Medicines Added To Pharmac’s Waiting List As New Zealand’s Medicines Crisis Worsens
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 10:06 am | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Pharmac has just released its Options for Investment (OFI) list, which includes 36 new medicines since it was updated in July 2021. The OFI includes all medicines that Pharmac would fund if its budget allowed. “We have known for years that there ... More >>
‘Interim’ Report But Permanent Change Needed
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 12:13 pm | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Last week the interim report into Pharmac was released by the Pharmac Review Panel. Patient Voice Aotearoa welcomed this interim report. During the leaders’ debate, prior to the last election, Prime Minister Ardern promised an investigation into ... More >>
DEAD LAST: Patient Voice Aotearoa Calls For Urgent Government Funding To Clear Pharmac’s Waiting List
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 6:43 am | Patient Voice Aotearoa
The IQVIA ‘International Comparison of Modern Medicines’ Report, released today, which compares the public funding of modern medicines in 20 OECD countries, makes grim reading for New Zealanders who desperately need access to modern medicines. ... More >>
Patient Voice Aotearoa Colmar Brunton Survey Results
Sunday, 10 October 2021, 8:31 pm | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Over 3 in 10 New Zealanders know someone who has had to pay for an unfunded medicine Nearly 1 in 2 New Zealanders believe access to modern medicines is worse compared to other developed countries Majority of New Zealanders believe it is “extremely ... More >>
Lie Down For Life: Today
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 3:46 pm | Patient Voice Aotearoa
One in 50 New Zealanders have today demanded a significant budget increase and independent review of Pharmac. Their voices were heard loud and clear at a series of protests held across the country, culminating in the 100,000 person-strong petition being ... More >>
