Matua Kahurangi: Sending women to Australia for cancer treatment

You know the NZ Health system is screwed when we’re planning to send women to Australia for cancer treatment

By any reasonable measure, New Zealand’s health system is broken, and nothing screams that louder than Health New Zealand actively considering sending women with gynaecological cancer to Australia for treatment.

Kerre Woodham: I'd rather pay $100 on prescriptions than have to sell the house to keep a loved one alive

The ‘vote for me’ bribe policies continue.

National was promising yesterday to pay for 13 cancer treatments not currently available to patients in New Zealand. They're available in Australia, not in New Zealand.