Decision to list medical devices supplied by Medtronic New Zealand Limited
What we’re doing
We're pleased to announce the approval of a listing agreement with Medtronic New Zealand Limited (“Medtronic”) for the supply of medical devices to Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (“Health NZ”) hospitals in the patient assessment, monitoring and treatment category.
In summary this will result in:
- Listing medical devices in the patient assessment, monitoring and treatment category supplied by Medtronic in Part III of Section H of the Pharmaceutical Schedule from 1 December 2024 under a national agreement that all Heath NZ hospitals may purchase under; and
- Health NZ hospitals being able to continue to purchase other suppliers’ brands of medical devices in the patient assessment, monitoring and treatment category as the agreement is not for sole supply.
Any changes to the original proposal?
This decision was subject to a consultation letter dated 10 October 2024.
No changes have been made to the original proposal.
Who we think will be most interested
- Health NZ staff including but not limited to the following areas:
- Audiologists
- Clinical engineers and maintenance services
- Clinical Product Coordinators
- Dermatologists
- ENT clinicians
- Gastroenterologists
- Neurosciences
- Nurses
- Ophthalmologists
- Patient Monitoring
- Perioperative staff
- Procurement and supply chain personnel
- Psychologists
- Somnology
- Urologists
- Vascular medicine clinicians
- Wards and outpatient clinics
- Suppliers and wholesalers
Detail about this decision
In October 2018, Pharmac issued a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for the supply of multi-category patient assessment, monitoring and treatment equipment and consumables.
After completing the RFP evaluation process, and consulting on the provisional agreement reached with Medtronic, Pharmac has decided to list the range of patient assessment, monitoring and treatment medical devices supplied by Medtronic in Part III of Section H of the Pharmaceutical Schedule from 1 December 2024.
Health NZ hospitals can continue to choose which patient assessment, monitoring and treatment medical devices they purchase, including those from other suppliers. Health NZ hospitals that purchase patient assessment, monitoring and treatment medical devices from Medtronic must do so under the terms and conditions, including pricing, in the agreement from 1 December 2024.
The list of products will be available on Pharmac’s website from 1 December 2024 in both PDF and Excel formats.
Our response to what you told us
We’re really grateful for the time people took to consider this consultation. Clarification on the products included in the proposal was sought but no further consultation feedback was received in response to the consultation.
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.