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What funding, if any, in the 2026/27 health funding baseline is committed to employing new graduate nurses? and 3 other questions

Answered 27018, 27019, 27025, 27031 (2026)
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Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

Questions

  • 27018

    What funding, if any, in the 2026/27 health funding baseline is committed to employing new graduate nurses?

  • 27019

    Does the Budget 2026 health funding baseline assume any net increase in total nursing FTE in 2026/27 over 2025/26; if so, how many, and if not, does the funding provide only for the replacement of turnover?

  • 27025

    What Budget 2026 funding, if any, is directed at lifting breast and cervical screening coverage?

  • 27031

    What specific Budget 2026 funding is directed at lifting immunisation coverage?

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

Answer

The Budget 2026 health funding baseline is intended to cover cost pressures arising from both volume growth and inflation across all services delivered or funded by Health New Zealand. Health NZ allocates its expenditure across all cost categories to align with the total funding available. The budget for 2026/27 has not yet been approved and will be published in the 2026/27 Statement of Performance Expectations.