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Budget bid information

Joint Pharmac and District Health Board recommendations to the Minister of Health regarding the pharmaceutical budget bid.

  • Letter dated 7 December 2020 for the 2021/2022 pharmaceutical budget bid [PDF, 126 KB]
  • Letter dated 3 December 2019 for the 2020/21 pharmaceutical budget bid [PDF, 131 KB]
  • Letter dated 4 December 2018 for the 2019/20 pharmaceutical budget bid [PDF, 149 KB]
  • Letter dated 7 December 2017 for the 2018/2019 pharmaceutical budget bid [PDF, 174 KB]
  • Letter dated 15 December 2016 for the 2017/18 pharmaceutical budget bid [PDF, 646 KB]
  • Letter dated 1 December 2015 for the 2016/17 pharmaceutical budget bid [PDF, 1.9 MB]

Note: These letters cannot be published until after the Government announces the Budget in May each year. This means a wait of about 6 months before we can release the letter.

Read more about the combined pharmaceutical budget

Last updated: 6 August 2021

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