Health Minister

GOVERNMENT MINISTER Peeni Henare shone a light on the copayment issue while addressing health-sector leaders about the Budget last month.

Health minister Andrew Little and associate health minister Peeni Henare are defending the amount spent on Māori health and Pharmac in Budget 2022

Budget 2022 provides secure funding for the future of New Zealand’s health system so every New Zealander can have access to the healthcare they need, no matter where they live
 

Health minister Andrew Little has delivered a double dose of criticism of primary healthcare and defended his call for new business models 

It’s a truth sometimes acknowledged that in government policy, everything is a reaction to what went before. And so, it is with the health reforms.

It’s a truth sometimes acknowledged that in government policy, everything is a reaction to what went before. And so, it is with the health reforms.

In the latest announcement on health reforms, health minister Andrew Little revealed today the nine areas where locality networks will be piloted

NZMA’s ‘red letter’ on COVID capacity takes many by surprise 

Health minister Andrew Little still has no plans to take action on removing the $5 copayment, although he now says it is an issue the Government will inevitably have to address

Health minister Andrew Little still has no plans to take action on removing the $5 copayment, although he now says it is an issue the Government will inevitably have to address.