• Rachel Smalley: Pharmac has misled the Health Minister over Today FM ban

  • Mar 29 2023
  • Length: 6 mins
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Rachel Smalley: Pharmac has misled the Health Minister over Today FM ban

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  • Opinion: I was fossicking around in the written Parliamentary questions this week, and I came across a question written by National MP Erica Stanford, to Dr Ayesha Verrall, the Health Minister.

    Here’s the question:

    4635 (2023). Erica Stanford to the Minister of Health (08 Mar 2023): "Did Pharmac contact MediaWorks in December stating that they would not speak to any MediaWorks journalists indefinitely, and if so, why was this decision made by Pharmac, and does this meet the Ministers expectations?"

    Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall (Minister of Health) replied: I am advised that Pharmac paused media interviews with MediaWorks while Pharmac was in debate with MediaWorks over the accuracy of its reporting on a topic.

    No, Minister. That is not what happened. Pharmac has misled you. That is not correct.

    Here is what happened.

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