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Does Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora consider the expected total number of elective case weighted discharges for the full year to be sufficient to meet the elective treatment target, given that Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora reports delivering 21.0 percent of the expected annual number of elective case weighted discharges in the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year?

Answered Question 402 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • Does Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora consider the expected total number of elective case weighted discharges for the full year to be sufficient to meet the elective treatment target, given that Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora reports delivering 21.0 percent of the expected annual number of elective case weighted discharges in the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year?

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that Health New Zealand is closely monitoring its outputs, and adjusting performance where needed, with the achievement of the 2025/26 milestone for the elective treatment health target being a core purpose of this activity.