Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill
Submission closes at 1pm, TODAY 18 August 2025
#NZGreens submission guide: https://action.greens.org.nz/paeora_subsguide
Protect Public Healthcare:
https://bsky.app/profile/pph-nz.bsky.social/post/3lw6wbmp4gc2z
Some links that may help
* NHS (UK) privatisation drive linked to rise in avoidable deaths, study suggests https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/29/nhs-privatisation-drive-linked-to-rise-in-avoidable-deaths-study-suggests 29 Jun 2022
* Health report: 'Significant differences' persist for Māori, Pasifika https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/02/20/health-report-significant-differences-persist-for-maori-pasifika/ February 20, 2024
"Māori women die on average seven years earlier than European/Other women, and Māori men eight years earlier than European/Other men," the report found. "The life expectancy gap for Pacific women and men is six years compared to European/Other people."
* Outsourcing being used to pretend hospital wait times are being fixed - doctor https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545877/outsourcing-being-used-to-pretend-hospital-wait-times-are-being-fixed-doctor 25 March 2025
* Some patients waiting for heart scan given death sentence due to delays, cardiologists say https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545502/some-patients-waiting-for-heart-scan-given-death-sentence-due-to-delays-cardiologists-say 21 March 2025
* Asian Kiwi women getting breast cancer younger than any other ethnic group, report shows https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/477699/asian-kiwi-women-getting-breast-cancer-younger-than-any-other-ethnic-group-report-shows 30 October 2022
* Rise in younger people with colorectal cancers prompts call for screening change https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/495125/rise-in-younger-people-with-colorectal-cancers-prompts-call-for-screening-change 4 August 2023
* Thousands missing out on bowel cancer screening - study https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526042/thousands-missing-out-on-bowel-cancer-screening-study 24 August 2024
"Bowel cancer - also known as colorectal cancer - was the second-highest cause of cancer death in New Zealand, behind lung cancer. Around 3000 new cases are diagnosed each year, and the rate amongst under-50s was increasing."
* Māori, Pasifika and disabled hardest hit by 'postcode lottery' healthcare - expert https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565305/maori-pasifika-and-disabled-hardest-hit-by-postcode-lottery-healthcare-expert 27 June 2025
* Postcode lottery persists three years after creation of Health NZ https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/28/postcode-lottery-persists-three-years-after-creation-of-health-nz/ 27 July 2025