4910 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

4910 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health: What assistance, if any, have staff from the Ministry of Health’s Māori health directorate offered to Pharmac on matters relating to Māori health and equity between September and December 2023?

Hon David Seymour: I am advised that the Ministry of Health's Māori Health Directorate had a general meeting with Pharmac’s Māori health team during this period and discussed Māori health and equity. Advice to Crown entities, such as Pharmac, on Māori health and equity, is set out in Pae Tū: Hauora Māori Strategy and Whakamaua: Māori Health Action Plan 2020-25 which can be accessed at the following links: https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/hp8748-pae-tu-hauora-maori-strategy.pdf https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/whakamaua-maori-health-action-plan-2020-2025-2.pdf