Introduce a 10-year plan to strengthen the health system
Policies
Compare the parties’ positions on the key issues this election. Explore their policies and see how closely they align with your own views and priorities.
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Health
The current government has announced a new medical school in Waikato and created a ministerial portfolio for mental health. But many people still feel that the health system isn’t meeting their needs. Parties on the left want to make GP visits and pregnancy scans free. Parties currently in government want to make current health funding go further, by adding more medicines to the list the government subsidises and increasing the scope of work that can be done by roles like physician associates and pharmacists.
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Lift health funding to 9 percent of GDP
Limit the lobbying power of the tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food industries
Fund organic and nutrient-based health interventions
Commission a full and independent review of NZ's nutritional guidelines and education
Increase autonomy and reduce administration for general practitioners
Remove $5 charge for prescriptions
Make up to three GP visits a year free
Guarantee jobs for NZ-trained graduate nurses
Invest in whānau-led care for Māori children
Improve support for Māori with disabilities
Invest in Māori-health outcomes
Remove barriers to accessing essential services for disabled people
Ensure rainbow communities can access gender-affirming healthcare
Increase funding for food grants, food banks and other food security programmes
Increase funding for rural doctors and nurses to train in skills for urgent care
Increase funding for Pharmac's medicines budget
Increase the percentage of the health budget spent on Pharmac to over 10 percent by 2033
Remove ethnicity-based criteria for delivering public services
Establish a public-private partnership to build two independent cancer centres.
Remove the "six months" caveat for assisted dying
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