Rob Crozier, Trustee, sat in on the Budget yesterday in the faint hope that the Government would keep National\u2019s promise to fund new cancer drugs.\u00a0 Rob was invited to join a group convened by Malcolm Mulholland of Patient Voice Aotearoa.\u00a0 We were all bitterly disappointed!<\/p>\n
The Budget projects out for 4 years and there is no intention to fund new blood cancer drugs.<\/p>\n
Rob spoke to Radio NZ yesterday and posted the following comment on both Stuff and NZ Herald websites:<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is nothing in this budget for new blood cancer drugs. A promise was made to fund 13 new cancer drugs during the 2023 election campaign. In 2024, 13 of these drugs were funded – however they were all for solid tumours. Shane Reti, then Minister of Health, said that decisions on blood cancer would be delayed until the Cancer Control Agency had reported. They did so in October 2024. There are 24 blood cancer drugs funded in Australia that are not funded here. The absence of any increase for blood cancer drugs simply extends the broken promise made soon after the election\u201d.<\/p>\n
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