‘Not surprised’ thousands of Māori patients missing out on gout meds

+Print Archive
In print
NEWS

‘Not surprised’ thousands of Māori patients missing out on gout meds

Foot x-ray (gout)
About 10,400 more Māori need to be dispensed preventive gout medicine each year, a Pharmac report has found

A damning report by Pharmac is concerning but not surprising, says the organisation’s chief medical officer David Hughes. Anna Lee reports

The findings of a damning report by Pharmac, which highlights significant medicine access inequities, are “concerning but not surprising”, says the ag, David Hughes, David Hughes