Health
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An end to dividing health by race
- Getting rid of the race-based Māori Health Authority
- Ending the use of race to prioritise surgical waitlists
- Stopping pharmacy initiatives only accessible to Māori and Pasifika
- An end to giving out race-based taxpayer-funded freebies – like prezzy cards for pregnant Māori women.
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A strategy to ensure consistent and fair access to medicines
ACT will require the Ministry of Health to publish a Medicines Strategy every three years. This strategy will:
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A more civil vaccine policy
A year after the violent break-up of the anti-mandate protests, there is a long tail of division, and resentment.
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Supporting Seniors
New Zealand’s senior citizens have worked hard and contributed their fair share of taxes, yet the Labour Government has let them down when they rely on government competence the most.
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Health
A more civil vaccine policy
Posted by Ollie Murphy · September 24, 2023 7:19 PM
COVID-19 Response, vaccines, and mandates
Posted by Ollie Murphy · September 19, 2023 10:00 AM
Easing the health workforce crisis
Posted by Ollie Murphy · August 08, 2023 1:53 PM
Stopping the slide – Solutions for the health workforce crisis
“New Zealand’s health system is in crisis. Emergency departments are overflowing, patients languish on waitlists, and it’s harder than ever to be seen by a doctor. Health and medical professionals are doing their best to provide Kiwis the care they need when they need it, but they’re overworked and burnt out. The health crisis is a workforce crisis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
Read moreStopping the slide – Building health infrastructure
“The running down of New Zealand’s health infrastructure has been decades in the making. The next Government will need to bring Real Change to how we build hospitals to ensure New Zealand is equipped to serve a growing population,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden.
Read moreEasing the health workforce crisis
ACT has a plan to cut red tape and grow the health workforce so that Kiwis can access the healthcare they need, when they need it.
Read moreCutting red tape to ease the health workforce crisis
“ACT is proposing to cut red tape to ease our health workforce crisis,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden.
Read morePM has lost control of divided health system
“Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told Mike Hosking this morning that “the healthcare system should be treating people equally,” but examples of race-based healthcare appear everywhere you look. If the Prime Minister was being honest when he said he wanted the system to be equal, then he has lost control of it,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden.
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