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Has Health New Zealand offered any of their employed Registered Nurses a Nurse Practitioner role post-completion of the Nurse Practitioner Training Support Scheme, if so in which specialist areas and hospitals? and 1 other question

Answered 20129, 20131 (2026)
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Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

Questions

  • 20129

    Has Health New Zealand offered any of their employed Registered Nurses a Nurse Practitioner role post-completion of the Nurse Practitioner Training Support Scheme, if so in which specialist areas and hospitals?

  • 20131

    Has Health New Zealand offered any of their employed Registered Nurses a Nurse Practitioner role post-completion of the Nurse Practitioner Training Support Scheme, if so how many over the past three financial years?

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that the Nurse Practitioner Training Support Scheme is currently in its first year of operation and no Registered Nurses have completed the practicum year. Therefore, no offers have been made for Nurse Practitioner roles.