Pharmac is seeking feedback on a proposal to stop funding food thickeners for use in the community.

Rare Disorders NZ has made a submission to Pharmac’s review proposal to phase out funding of food thickeners, expressing disappointment with Pharmac’s proposal.

Rare Disorders NZ proposes that Pharmac does not phase out food thickeners but widens access to include other causes of dysphagia and rare disorders such as Head and Neck cancer.

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Rare Disorders NZ is the collective voice of all people living with a rare disorder and their whānau. Our rare collective is made up of more than 150 disorder-specific support groups.

Our work is informed by the issues important to our collective. We work together to improve healthcare and wellbeing for everyone living with a rare health condition in New Zealand.

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