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PHARMAC to review its practices following criticism of breast cancer drug funding
13 February 2019 - The government's drug-buying agency has announced it has begun an internal review following a petition and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2019
Breast cancer patients die while waiting for medicines
12 February 2019 - Women with terminal breast cancer will be sharing their heartfelt stories with MPs about the dire ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2019
Government should spend money on cancer treatment, not gender reassignment
11 February 2019 - Should the government fund gender reassignment surgeries? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2019
Wellbeing budget total nonsense when too many are dying early
9 November 2019 - Five women who marched on Parliament last year for access to the best cancer drugs on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2019
When cancer is political
8 February 2019 - Should cancer be politicised? And, should the debate about it be personalised, with a focus on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Feb 2019
Cancer group demands inquiry into PHARMAC
7 February 2019 - In 2018 more than 23,000 Kiwis were diagnosed with cancer, of whom 9000 are expected to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2019
Dear Jacinda Ardern, my mother could die because of you
6 February 2019 - Dear Prime Minister, This is an open letter regarding an issue, a very serious one, and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2019
Jacinda Ardern: not fair to compare PHARMAC with Australia's system
5 February 2019 - Jacinda Ardern told The AM Show New Zealand's drug buying agency has "been pointed to as being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2019
Are Kiwis dying because the Government won't fund cancer drugs?
5 February 2019 - Are New Zealanders dying unnecessarily because the Government won't fund cancer drugs that are considered standard ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2019
'Difficult situation': cancer patient leads pleas for better Government funding of treatments
4 February 2019 - A group of major cancer charities has united to call for better Government funding for new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2019
Time for inquiry into PHARMAC's funding of cancer drugs
4 February 2019 - Labour promised voters world class cancer care but, of all the rocks I've looked under, I ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2019
Northland father-of-three forced to sell 'dream home' to fund cancer treatment
1 February 2019 - A 36-year-old Whangarei father-of-three is preparing to sell his family's "dream home" to fund a cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2019
Health minister promises dying dad that NZ will improve cancer treatment
31 January 2019 - Health Minister David Clark promised to harness "a once in a lifetime" opportunity to improve treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2019
World-leading breast cancer expert calls on PHARMAC to make two new breast cancer drugs more affordable
3 February 2019 - Dr Fatima Cardoso is considered a world authority on breast cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2019
'We're giving up too soon': advanced breast cancer expert calls for attitude change in NZ
31 January 2019 - Kiwi women are dying of advanced breast cancer twice as fast as people in comparable countries. ...