Shane Reti and Nicola Willis give health announcement

[@AAL3087]

Can you pls find a bridgingfunds for cancer patients while you work out how to fund the 13 cancer drugs. It's too distressing you put money everywhere else that is not immediate/urgent yet leave people and families knowing they will not see out the year, before you make any decisions. Isn't it an oath you took as a doctor to do no harm or there is that duty?

[@grantchin1526]

Yes, a stopgap measure is definitely needed to prevent people dying before National get's its act together...

[@michellesinclair4652]

NZs Health Service is a big letdown for NZ promoting itself. We cannot and do not provide adequate services and cannot provide adequate medicines. It's not exactly promoting NZ is it, don't come here as we can only provide a 3rd world health service. Promoting XRAYS is far from meeting basic requirements. We seem focused on cutting costs at crucial infrastructure with no plans for making money. Cutting costs does not make money, we have lost total direction and have turned into a Debt Collection country and not a money making country.

[@adsdft585]

Money to amend tax laws, which reduced government income, affected health spending.

[@bubbagump3793]

why is pantsuit polly nicolaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadoing here? seriously!

[@soffhiaxx1800]

NZ DISGRACE

[@soffhiaxx1800]

NICOLA LOOKS LIKE MY LITTLE STUBBY TOE

[@zackysullivan2088]

Kupapa

[@HelloNewzealand414]

Kia Ora

[@JackieAdams-v6d]

To the comment below.That's probably what Shane wants however he doesn''t hold the Purse Strings and there are people above him in Cabinet that make the final decisions regardless.

[@adsdft585]

Part timers leave ideas in government paper. So, is the minister saying the document has not been seen and approved by the cabinet?

[@brendonferris5637]

In summary "We are making changes to the way Drs make refferals for radiology . A simple memo to the press would have covered it.

[@nikotoetau9167]

That's illegal

[@41Belleville]

What about a medical nation wide interactive user friendly online fast communication system for all medical services, ancillary services and patients- like My Chart in USA. No more having the patient with the task of hand carry ancillary lab results between various levels of medical care services.

[@MichaelDurant-vz1bb]

I'll donate my $2.25. I don't drink coffee.