To: Medicines Classification Committee Secretariat, Ministry of Health Manatū Hauora
Re: Medical Representation on the Medicines Classification Committee
Tēnā koutou,
We, the undersigned, are writing to petition the Ministry of Health to ensure the Medicines Classification Committee (MCC) continues to have appropriate representation from medical doctors.
The MCC is currently advertising two to four vacancies, and has indicated that priority will be given to a nurse and a layperson to fill two of the spaces.
Historically, the committee has had two doctors appointed by the now-defunct New Zealand Medical Association. We believe it is essential that the MCC continues to include two medically qualified doctors, as originally intended in its legislative structure. This requirement was established to ensure that the committee’s decisions are informed by robust clinical expertise and an understanding of the diagnostic and physiological complexities involved in medicine safety.
Our petition
The undersigned respectfully ask the Ministry to:
- give priority to a practising general practitioner for one of the advertised roles;
- maintain two medically qualified doctors on the MCC, in keeping with the original intent of the legislation; and
- recognise General Practitioners Aotearoa as the appropriate national body to nominate or support one of these medical representatives, given its role as the sole GP association in Aotearoa New Zealand.
We believe this approach ensures the MCC remains balanced, clinically responsible, and aligned with international standards for medicine classification governance.
Signed by:
- Marcia Walker
- Paula Mathieson
- Geoff Cunningham
- Angela Fraser
- Audrey Robin
- Jocelyn Wood
- Viv van Dam
- Rebecca Stewart
- Petra Watson
- Dilushi De Silva
- Buzz Burrell
- Yvonne LeFort
- Hayley Wilson
- Anna Chodyra
- Caitlin Whitford
- Janet Vaughan
- Dinesha Kumarawansa
- Darran Lowes
- Tineke Iversen
- Lyn Dunn
- Janett Andres
- Maaike Mewe
- Mckay Dave
- Brendan Kane
- Helen Saywell
- Carolyn McKenzie
- Keith Blayney
- Kimberley Davies
- Patrick Holla
- Helen Ker
- Angela Lawson
- Elaine Munro
- Harshad Patel
- Bridie Fahey
- Mary Chalmers
- Mary McWatters
- Anna Clarke
- Katrina Kirikino
- Alet Stoltz
- Jethro Leroy
- Jo Knight
- Sky Aldroobi
- Hannah Shaw
- Srimala Kumarapaapillai
- Sally Murphy
- Robin Barraclough
- Courtenay White
- Samantha Stockwell
- Joanna Hopkins
- Vanessa Souter
- James Alesana-Slater
- Beata Danielek
- Joanne Tooby
- Megan Quedley
- Nichola Johnstone
- Sarah Callaghan
- Christine Sawicki
- Jan Arnold
- Sally Talbot
- Antoinette Martin
- AnneMarie Tangney
- Sarah Howard
- Gwenda Ward
- Katy Burton
- Ngaire Warner
- Beth McDonald
- Liadhan Coakley
- Meenakshi Prasad
- Dr Sue Crombie
- Dr Kate Larkin
- Marama Renata
- Janine Close
- Kate Kelly
- Nina Molteno
- John Morgan
- Ashley Hooper
- Graeme McCrory
- Rob Hayes
- Thomas Morton
- Stephen Jachacy
- Suzanne Greaves
- Katie Fourie
- Martin Gardner
- Marieke Roelofs
- Unre Rapley
- Jenny Ogilvy
- Medha kadam
- Danielle Gerrard
- Cecile de Groot
- Christine Partridge
- Savannah Da Silva
- Diana Good
- Kerry Macaskill-Smith
- Annabel White
- Nicholas Cooper
- Ammara Rasul
- Sam Haslam
- Sam Illing
- Melissa Brittle
- Dr Ron Janes
- Vicky Chaplin
- Karen Wardill
- David Eglesfield
- Eleana Earon
- Susan Jean Smith
- Justine Lancaster
- Anna Cherry
- Rachel Roskvist
- Venu Shah Thakore
- Cathy Hurd
- Mariam Contractor
- Ainul Sulaiman
- Donna Marshall
- Nikki Vadgama
- Julia Given
- Dr Rosalie Evans
- Matt Sloane
- Penelope Day
- Lina Yangot
- Lisa Gripp
- Pragati Gautama
- Rory Brunton
- Victoria Jones
- Alison Chang
- Dr Sam Martin
- Rebecca Short
- Dr Helen Wood
- Rebecca Velluppillai
- Nigel Brown
- Tracey Opperman
- Alastair Dunne
- Margaret Weston
- Debbie Harrison
- Li Shawn Lim
- Irmtrud Zillkes
- Ang Liu
- Julie Holden
- L’Ondine Tukuitonga
- Wei Yao
- Lisa Amin
- Pam Olver
- Sariah Ratford
- Antonia Hughes
- Lekha Diesing
- Dia Abdul-Hadi
- Kerry Neilson
- Pamela House
- Michelle Conning
- Niamh Kernan
- Samantha Twyman
- Kim Ybarra
- Tina Chou
- Jonathan Wilcox
- Lauren McManus
- Maggie Iversen
- Rose Bruce
- Joanna Ly
- Kerry Thornbury
- Kim Renney
- Milad Gham
- Rob Carr
- Lavinia T Reid
- Louise Purchase
- Noriko Noda
- Bonnie White
- Steph Taylor
- Matthew Wilson
- Elizabeth Stone
- Miriam Martin
- Angus Chambers
- Regan Fernandes
- Farideh Heydari
- Danielle M
- Megan Reilly
- Celina Dewe
- Omeed Howey
- Kushlin Higgie
- Aniva Lawrence
- Alexandra Goldkorn
- Sion Hill
- Rachel Beard
- Derryn Brain
- Susan Johns
- Danielle Thompson
- Lachlan Toyne
- Tina Lavulo
- Naomi Grey
- Susan Rea
- Christine Elder
- Teena Mathew
- Nina Luo
- Stephanie Drysdale
- Vivian Fu
- Lorelei Hennessy
- Rachael van der Griend
- Nadine Stringer
- Kathryn Adriel-Ai
- Lindy Fookes
- Kaylie Baker
- Suzy Cheng
- Delwyn Irvine
- Rebecca Roughan
- Melissa Hassan
- Catherine Fisk
- Yvonne Murray
- Keivan Rodani
- Chris Leathart
- Namratha Giri
- Hannah Lochore
- Joanne Paver
- Dr Tessa La Varis
- Jo McCaughan
- Negar Salari
- Jeanine Brooks
- Jade Hollis-Moffatt
- Debra Gardiner
- Angela Beard
- Sandra Spilg
- Liam Wahanui
- Leigh Duncan
- Tim Wong
- Tim Salmond
- Ali Rezazadeh Khorakpaz
- Kaye Logan
- Dr Margaret Goodey
- Jay Mitchell
- Briar Warin
- Michelle Locke
- Dr Ben Albert
- Robert De Villiers
- Mike White
- Dr Rachel Copland
- Rob Seddon-Smith
- Tracie Curtis
- Rebecca Griffith
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- Caroline Hart
- Eliza McDermott
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- Vanessa Durandt
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- Marion Johnston
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- Morgan Parkinson
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- Ashleigh Brough
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- Kyra P
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- Michelle Baiely
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- Alexis Trueman
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- Alex Jacobson
- Morgan Hawke
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- Eliza Colbert
- Ben Uy
- Morgan Slyfield
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- Heather Rhodes
- Ailsa Tuck
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- Liam Martin
- Christine Aldridge
- Dianne Tolley
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- Bronnie Thompson
- Stefan Hadfield
- Katy Culliney
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