{"id":868,"date":"2019-11-18T09:48:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T20:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/?p=868"},"modified":"2019-11-18T09:49:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T20:49:36","slug":"petition-for-patient-voice-aotearoa-reform-pharmac-and-double-the-pharmac-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"Petition for Patient Voice Aotearoa: Reform Pharmac and double the Pharmac budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h1&#8243;]Petition for Patient Voice Aotearoa: Reform Pharmac and double the Pharmac budget[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]There are issues involving Pharmac and how they fund medicines &#8211; Pharmac does not adopt international guidelines; it does not set a timeframe by which it will be decided if a medicine is efficacious and another timeframe when it will endeavour to fund a medicine if it is deemed to be efficacious; it needs to establish a rapid access scheme; and the budget needs to be increased as its budget is just over 5% of the Vote Health budget in comparison with the OECD average of 16%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/patientvoiceaotearoa\/videos\/1004762269861392\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-869 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Petition-for-Patient-Voice-Aotearoa-Reform-Pharmac-and-double-the-Pharmac-budget..png\" alt=\"\" width=\"821\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Petition-for-Patient-Voice-Aotearoa-Reform-Pharmac-and-double-the-Pharmac-budget..png 821w, https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Petition-for-Patient-Voice-Aotearoa-Reform-Pharmac-and-double-the-Pharmac-budget.-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/clladvocates.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Petition-for-Patient-Voice-Aotearoa-Reform-Pharmac-and-double-the-Pharmac-budget.-768x430.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign the petition here: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parliament.nz%2Fen%2Fpb%2Fpetitions%2Fdocument%2FPET_91080%2Fpetition-of-malcolm-mulholland-for-patient-voice-aotearoa&amp;data=02%7C01%7CAndrew%40phillipsandphillips.co.nz%7Ce2980ffaab154438de3108d76b9e730d%7Cee4d68c1e3a046a7a54b4297dbc40a50%7C0%7C0%7C637096200586822682&amp;sdata=d1w7kdukfLLSJTmPr1aGsdVTG6cb0HHaQge1WqAnNFw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.parliament.nz\/en\/pb\/petitions\/document\/PET_91080\/petition-of-malcolm-mulholland-for-patient-voice-aotearoa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow Patient Voice Aotearoa here on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpatientvoiceaotearoa%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CAndrew%40phillipsandphillips.co.nz%7Ce2980ffaab154438de3108d76b9e730d%7Cee4d68c1e3a046a7a54b4297dbc40a50%7C0%7C0%7C637096200586827670&amp;sdata=IjT9TnT%2B66jJn%2F9RzWyyBaGQlUB3YOcqvfBijR0NzjM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/patientvoiceaotearoa\/<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are issues involving Pharmac and how they fund medicines &#8211; 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