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Is funding under the Nurse Practitioner Training and Support Scheme paid to individual nurses, employers, or education providers?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Is funding under the Nurse Practitioner Training and Support Scheme paid to individual nurses, employers, or education providers?

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that funding can be paid to the candidate, to the employers, to the tertiary education provider and to the secondary placement provider, depending on the funding type. I refer the Member to the publicly available information here: www.npsupport.co.nz/