The Medicine Gap will tell the story of one disease, every week, for as long as it takes...

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A Father’s Love
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
How a family with a rare disorder bucked America’s medical establishment John Crowley wasn’t looking for fame or fortune. Nor was he planning on becoming a senior executive […]

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Zoey

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

“As a parent, it’s heartbreaking knowing there is a treatment out there to help your baby but it’s not accessible here, and there is nothing we can do […]

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) – A perspective

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

If you google ‘child abuse definition NZ’, an official government site comes up and clearly defines it. The top three examples listed are emotional abuse, physical harm and […]

Janice

Lung Cancer

Much of Janice’s life has been dedicated to public service. She left school to join an enrolled nursing programme and, after marrying and having three children, she went […]

Nijole

Lung Cancer

Early in the winter of 2019, Nijole became unwell. She developed a chronic cough and a nasal drip, and over the following 10 months was wrongly diagnosed with […]

Kat

Bowel Cancer

On Valentine’s Day, in 2015, Kat was admitted to Auckland Hospital. Along with her partner, Jarred, she had travelled from Cromwell to Auckland for a weekend away with […]

Rebekah Heal

Bowel Cancer

General Manager of Bowel Cancer New Zealand Rebekah Heal has been the General Manager of Bowel Cancer New Zealand since 2016 “Some of the most important work we […]
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Personal Stories

Zoey

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

Janice

Lung Cancer

Nijole

Lung Cancer

Kat

Bowel Cancer

Josh

Allergies

Sarah

Chronic Migraine

Let’s close the Gap

Get Involved

1.

REFORM
PHARMAC

Achieve a measurable, political commitment to reform Pharmac and create a fit-for-purpose drug-buying agency that supports and enables greatly improved access to modern medicines – and ensure a direct line of political accountability.

#reformPharmac

2.

OVERHAUL THE FUNDING
METHODOLOGY

Introduce a globally accepted modern, cost-benefit analysis for medicines and medical devices which looks at the ‘value’ of a medicine, and considers the financial, economic, and social impact of untreated disease on our society.

#fixPharmac

3.

COMMIT TO AN OUTCOMES-BASED MEDICAL STRATEGY

Develop a Medicines Strategy to guide the decision-making process, create measurable targets to reduce Pharmac’s waiting list, and detail how the agency will respond to rapid developments in modern medicine to improve health outcomes for New Zealanders.

#getorganised #helpKiwislive