Tag: transitional access
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Transitional Access: Taxpayer-Funded Cancer Medicine Expands to Private Hospitals for Advanced Breast Cancer Patients
What is transitional access and why it matters Transitional access refers to a temporary policy allowing taxpayers to fund a medicine in settings outside the usual public system—specifically, private hospitals. In the case of advanced breast cancer, this means that a groundbreaking drug, previously available only through public channels, can now be prescribed and funded…
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Private cancer patients gain access to Pharmac-funded medicine in private hospitals
Overview of Transitional Access A new policy initiative will allow a select group of private patients with advanced breast cancer to receive a medicine funded by the government’s Pharmac (the New Zealand drug-buying agency) in private hospitals. The measure, described by officials as transitional access, aims to speed up patient access to a potentially life-extending…