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What assessment, if any, has Health New Zealand made of the impact on maternity access and continuity of care in communities where locum support or rural sustainability funding for LMC midwives has been reduced or withdrawn?

Answered Question 33120 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • What assessment, if any, has Health New Zealand made of the impact on maternity access and continuity of care in communities where locum support or rural sustainability funding for LMC midwives has been reduced or withdrawn?

Answered by

Hon Casey Costello

List MP · NZ First Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised by Health New Zealand that no national level assessment has been undertaken.