Decision to list medical devices supplied by Paragon Care Group New Zealand Limited
What we’re doing
We are pleased to announce the approval of a listing agreement with Paragon Care Group New Zealand Limited (“Paragon”) for the supply of medical devices in the following categories:
Patient assessment, monitoring and treatment devices
In summary this will result in:
- Listing medical devices supplied by Paragon in the above categories in Part III of Section H of the Pharmaceutical Schedule from 1 August 2024 under a national agreement that all Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora ("Health NZ") may purchase under; and
- Health NZ hospitals being able to purchase other suppliers’ brands of medical devices from the above categories as the agreement is not for sole supply.
Any changes to the original proposal?
This decision was subject to a consultation letter dated 16 May 2024.
Minor changes were made to the terms of the agreement as a result of consultation feedback.
Who we think will be most interested
- Health NZ staff including but not limited to the following areas:
- Clinical engineers and maintenance services
- ICU/ HDU/ NICU
- Neurologists and Neurosurgeons
- Nurses
- Ophthalmologists
- Patient Monitoring
- Perioperative staff
- Surgeons
- Surgical and general ward staff
- Procurement and supply chain
- Wards and Outpatient Clinics
- Suppliers and wholesalers
Detail about this decision
Pharmac issued the following Requests for Proposals (“RFPs”) for non-exclusive national agreements for listing on the Pharmaceutical Schedule:
- 2018: Multi-category patient assessment, monitoring and treatment equipment and consumables.
- 2020: Anaesthetic machines, invasive ventilators, neonatal care and critical care patient monitoring devices.
- 2021: Surgical implants, medical and surgical instruments and power tools, and associated products
The RFPs were for non-exclusive national agreements for listing on the Pharmaceutical Schedule.
After completing the RFP evaluation processes, and consulting on the provisional agreement with Paragon, Pharmac has decided to list Paragon’s Critical Care, patient assessment, monitoring and treatment devices and surgical implants in Part III of Section H of the Pharmaceutical Schedule from 1 August 2024.
Health NZ hospitals can continue to choose which medical devices they purchase, including those from other suppliers. Health NZ hospitals that purchase medical devices in these categories from Paragon must do so under the terms and conditions, including pricing, in the agreement from 1 August 2024.
The list of products will be available on Pharmac’s website from 1 August 2024.
Our response to what you told us
We’re really grateful for the time people took to respond to this consultation.
A summary of the main themes raised in feedback, our responses to the feedback received, and changes we made after listening to you are detailed below.
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Theme |
Pharmac Comment |
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Feedback provided on terms of the agreement regarding equipment standards and provision of this information to Health NZ by the supplier. |
Pharmac worked with the supplier and Health NZ to include additional terms in the agreement to address the item raised. |
If you have any questions about this decision, you can email us at enquiry@pharmac.govt.nz; or call our toll-free number (9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday) on 0800 660 050.