Budget 2019

Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael is not surprised Budget 2020 has nothing for pharmacy, and urges health authorities to fund pharmacy to do more for their communities

The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand is pleased to see a range of measures in Budget 2019 to help deliver better health outcomes for mental health and addiction patients in the community, along with a strong focus on primary care initiatives

Pharmacy sector leaders believe pharmacists are well placed to contribute to one of Budget 2019’s big-ticket items – improving frontline mental health services

Breast cancer medicine campaigner Louis Malone is “extremely disappointed” by the $10 million per year pharmaceutical funding increase for Pharmac in the Budget

Analysts find it hard to see how the Government can shrink DHB deficits while also keeping health services up with growing acute needs