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NZHR’s oral submission on the 2023 Budget Policy Statement, presented to Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee on 13th February, can be read here.

New Zealanders for Health Research has written to Health Minister Hon Andrew Little urgently seeking tabling of amendments to the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) legislation when the Bill is presented to the Committee of the whole House. The amendments will improve the legislation by requiring that service and programme delivery is evidence based, and by…

“New Zealanders have once again been let down by Budget 2022’s support for health research” New Zealanders for Health Research (NZHR) Chief Executive Chris Higgins said today. “Health research and innovation is the single most important way in which we improve our health and healthcare – by identifying and implementing the best means to prevent,…

Responses to NZHR’s attempts to engage with MBIE officials directly to increase health research investment allocations in the 2022 Budget have been inconclusive. The officials did indicate however that the government’s finances were coming under increasing pressure from the costs of responding to Covid 19 and that the Minister of Finance is therefore not viewing…

20th May 2021 “New Zealanders have been badly let down by Budget 2021’s diminishing support for health research” New Zealanders for Health Research (NZHR) Chief Executive Chris Higgins said today. “$117.5m has been allocated for health research, compared to estimated expenditure of $130.6m for This means that direct government investment in health research has fallen…

21st April 2021 In what is described as a big win for New Zealand health research the Productivity Commission’s latest report recommends that “the Government should use its intended major health system reform to improve the mandate, funding and incentives for DHBs to participate in the healthtech innovation ecosystem”. New Zealanders for Health Research (NZHR)…

Ahead of October election, New Zealand advocacy group calls for tripling of government investment. New Zealanders for Health Research, an advocacy alliance that is aiming to make health research an election issue, will issue a “report card” on all the main parties’ policies this week. NZHR has written to all parties who hold seats in…