Patients continue to be prioritised

15 Jan 2025

Hon David Seymour

Associate Health Minister David Seymour says he is proud of the Government’s commitment to increasing medicines access for New Zealanders, resulting in a big uptick in the number of medicines being funded.

“The Government is putting patients first. In the first half of the current financial year there were more new medicines funded than the entire financial year prior,” says Mr Seymour.

”Increasing availability of medicines has always been a priority of mine. Access to pharmaceuticals for many is life or death, or the difference between a life of pain and suffering or living freely.

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HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS

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EQUITY

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DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS

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