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Letter of Expectations for Pharmac for 2024/25

The letter is available on the Pharmac website.

These documents have been proactively released by the Ministry of Health on behalf of the Associate Minister of Health (Pharmac), Hon David Seymour.

Title of Cabinet paper:

  • Letter of Expectations for Pharmac for 2024/25

Titles of minutes:

  • Report of the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee: Period Ended 24 May 2024 (CAB-24-MIN-0179)
  • Letter of Expectations for Pharmac for 2024/25 (SOU-24-MIN-0041)

Title of aide mémoire:

  • Cabinet paper and talking points: Pharmac’s Letter of Expectations (H2024040422)

Some parts of this information release would not be appropriate to release and, if requested, would be withheld under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Where this is the case, the relevant sections of the Act that would apply have been identified. Where information has been withheld, no public interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withholding it.

Some information has been redacted from the Cabinet minute as it is out of scope of this proactive release.

Key to redaction code/s:
• S 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons.
• S 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain the constitutional conventions that protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials.

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