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Has the Minister requested any advice on the risk that the University of Waikato's medical placement payment rates will create inflationary pressure on medical placement payment rates?

Answered Question 19907 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • Has the Minister requested any advice on the risk that the University of Waikato's medical placement payment rates will create inflationary pressure on medical placement payment rates?

Answered by

Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for Tertiary Education

Answer

No. The New Medical School Programme and a Clinical Placements Board, which includes representation from the University of Auckland and the University of Otago as well as the University of Waikato, are overseeing work on clinical placements.