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Do the hospital and specialist services activity figures reported by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora for the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year include activity delivered by outsourced private providers under contract, and if so, how many first specialist assessments and elective case weighted discharges were delivered in private facilities during that quarter?

Answered Question 404 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • Do the hospital and specialist services activity figures reported by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora for the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year include activity delivered by outsourced private providers under contract, and if so, how many first specialist assessments and elective case weighted discharges were delivered in private facilities during that quarter?

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised, yes. As patients deserve to be treated and seen as soon as possible, no matter who is delivering the care, this is part of our focus on building a healthcare system that has patients at its centre. I am further advised that Health New Zealand's data systems do not currently capture the breakdown, as requested by the Member, for all activity types.