Health

Delivered Pharmac its largest-ever budget to fund life-saving and life-improving medicines.

Delivered a record funding boost for GPs.

Enabled 12-month prescriptions from 2026 so New Zealanders spend less time and money at the doctor.

Streamlined medicine approval and funding processes so New Zealanders can benefit from medicines widely available overseas.

Partnering with private providers to deliver more surgeries and other treatments faster.

Restored the sale of medicine containing pseudoephedrine.

Repealed the Therapeutic Products Act which would have imposed excessive and costly regulations on consumers, businesses and exporters.

Successfully campaigned to end discriminatory access to GP services in Hawke’s Bay.

Lowered the bowel cancer screening age and reversed Labour’s change that gave people different access to screening based on race.

Outlined expectations that Pharmac should have appropriate processes for ensuring that people living with an illness, along with their carers and family, can participate in and provide input into decision-making processes around medicines.

Removed the ban on medical conferences to improve access to lifesaving medicines, help upskill the health workforce, and deliver an estimated $90 million in economic benefits.