Election 2020 - Party Policies - Health - Children and Youth
25th Jul 20, 5:55am
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Children and Youth
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- Review the Primary Health Organisation funding formula to enable children to have access to all health services at no cost.
- Ensure that students in every low decile school can access a nurse in school.
- Increase funding and support for early intervention for children and young people with behavioural and mental health issues.
- Implement a strategy based on prevention and community-based treatment to eliminate Rheumatic Fever, including recognition of the importance of healthy housing to this issue
- Increase resourcing for Well Child providers (e.g. Plunket and Tamariki Ora) so that they can provide support proportionate to the needs of whānau.
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- Invest an additional $30 million per year in our childhood oral health programme.
- Increase resources for paediatric and school dental services to ensure all children have appropriate access to high quality dental care.
- Introduce a comprehensive programme to improve paediatric and child oral health.
- Read more here.
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