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Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons, Authors of Health Cheque In general, National has been focused on improving the efficiency of service delivery, and ploughing those savings back into training more doctors and doing more elective surgery. No-one doubts that this … Read More

Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons, Authors of Health Cheque Prescription One: Managing Demand – reducing the demand for healthcare services by improving prevention, catching problems early and improving the information on the downsides of treatment. Investing in prevention is a … Read More

Interviewer: Why is Pharmac under fire for not being transparent and accountable? Is that really the case? Geoff: Well, Pharmac has to negotiate a limited budget with American pharmaceutical companies. So those negotiations are done behind closed doors. Of course, … Read More

Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons, Health Cheque authors The argument of Medicines New Zealand was finally laid before the public last week (Pharmac’s outlet- mall approach injurious to health – and to trade, June 8). They hoped to counter some … Read More

Speaking of those that bleat the loudest, last week Counties Manukau DHB (CMDHB) released a report in the New Zealand Medical Journal about the costs of treatment in the last year of life. Each of the 2290 people that died … Read More

There has been a lot of coverage on the issue of Pharmac as part of the negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership. The Government have got behind Pharmac, but haven’t ruled out any changes as long as the overall package … Read More