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Has any rural or community hospital emergency department or acute service been closed, reduced, or placed on diversion due to staffing shortages in the period 1 July 2023 to date, if so, which facilities, on what dates, and for how long?

Answered Question 27866 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • Has any rural or community hospital emergency department or acute service been closed, reduced, or placed on diversion due to staffing shortages in the period 1 July 2023 to date, if so, which facilities, on what dates, and for how long?

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that providing the Member with this information would require Health New Zealand to undertake substantial manual collation and divert staff from core duties. In accordance with Speaker’s Ruling 210-6, I consider the time, and hence the expense, of answering the Member’s question is not in the public interest.