Some brave advocacy here - this is an important read for parents and grandparents of young children. I’m restricting comments to protect a family who aren’t politicising Pharmac’s failures - they are just trying to help other families. medium.com/@meganberger/c…

At the HTAi Conference, Adelaide Conference Centre. Quite a telling picture.

Pharmac’s funding model creating an ‘ethical dilemma’ - specialist 1news.co.nz/2023/07/29/pha…

'A Tōtara has fallen' - All Blacks great Tane Norton dies aged 81 1news.co.nz/2023/08/04/a-t…

A new report finds New Zealand lags behind comparable countries in timely access to medicines. rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

HOTP. In the lead-up to our roadshow on medicines access, we approached political parties for their policy on Pharmac. Tonight I'm in Taranaki and I've just recieved the Maori Party policy from Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. It is: ....

1. Put Pharmac under Te Aka Whai Ora and Te Whatu Ora 2. Make PTAC the final decision making body in Pharmac 3. Scrap "Factors for Consideration" and replace with Te Whare Tapa Wha 4. Have Pharmac adopt living standards framework 5. 3 months to assess a medicines, another 3.

...to fund 6. Have Pharmac maintain Maori staff that reflects Maori population and create the position of a Maori CEO 7. Give Pharmac a budget boost of $1.7b annually with an increase that reflects population growth and inflation

Te Pāti Māori are not strangers to hate speech and online threats. This week however, a line was crossed. Our Hauraki-Waikato candidate, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clark’s home was invaded, vandalised, and left with a threatening letter.

I wonder if this tweet will be screenshot by Sarah Fitt, as so many others have? Sarah Fitt and the Pharmac Board need to be sacked.

Please sign and share: change.org/p/dismissal-of…

At 500 signatures now! We decided to do a petition because of the number of distressed patients following the decision of the Pharmac Board to back Fitt. Patients deserve to have confidence in the government agency that has their lives in their hands. change.org/p/dismissal-of…

Please do the right thing Dr Shane Reti and sack Pharmac's Board and CE. nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-pharmac…

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Here is a link to the story on Herald's FB site. Please let them know what you think there: m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Two years Wiki. Miss you xo

Two years Wiki. Love you xo.

Please sign. change.org/p/fix-the-staf…

If you are in Dunedin today, come along to the Dunedin Art Gallery at 2.30 and sign the Buller Declaration on the State of the NZ Health System. The Declaration states the health system is in crisis and asks for the government to act urgently to fix it.

If you are in CHCH tomorrow come along and sign the Buller Declaration on the State of the NZ Health System at 2pm at the Cashel Mall entrance of Riverside Market.