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Health Minister Tony Ryall has paid tribute to New Zealand's hospice staff and volunteers during a visit to Te Omanga Hospice in Lower Hutt this morning, to celebrate the extra $15 million for hosp

The government has announced a panel to recommend how to improve access to high-cost, highly specialised medicines in New Zealand.

The Government has announced an additional $3 billion investment in health priorities over the next four years – including $750 million in 2009/10.

District Health Boards will receive an extra $2.1 billion over four years in Budget 2009.

The Government is investing an extra $116.5 million over four years to bolster the frontline health workforce.

The Government has boosted hospice care funding by $60 million over the next four years, increasing the proportion of average hospice funding provided by taxpayers to 70 per cent.