Skip to main content

Is Health New Zealand currently requiring a Recruitment Business Case to be completed before any vacancy can be filled at Wellington Hospital, and if so, when was this requirement introduced?

Answered Question 12331 (2026)
Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • Is Health New Zealand currently requiring a Recruitment Business Case to be completed before any vacancy can be filled at Wellington Hospital, and if so, when was this requirement introduced?

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that Capital and Coast district has a pre-advertisement approval process which has been in place for many years. The current recruitment business case form has been in use since around October 2019, although it has been modified and updated since.