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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has the Minister requested any advice on the risk that the University of Waikato's medical placement payment rates will create inflationary pressure on medical placement payment rates?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What is the current daily payment rate to GP and primary care providers for placements of medical students from the University of Auckland and the University of Otago?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Will the University of Waikato medical placement payment rate apply uniformly across all general practice and primary care teaching sites; if not, why not?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has he requested any advice about whether the new University of Waikato medical school could create accreditation risks for the existing medical programmes at the University of Auckland and the University of Otago?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has he requested any advice on the risks to achieving and maintaining accreditation for the proposed University of Waikato medical programme that relate to faculty recruitment, supervision ratios, and academic governance?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has he requested any advice on the risks to achieving and maintaining accreditation for the proposed University of Waikato medical programme?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has he asked for advice on the risk that rural and primary care placement costs for the proposed University of Waikato medical programme will exceed the assumptions in the Detailed Business Case, if not why not?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What is the estimate of the likely cost of rural and primary care placements under the proposed University of Waikato medical programme?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Will the University of Waikato deliver 40 weeks of primary care and rural and provincial community placements in Year 3 of its proposed medical programme within its allocated funding, if not why not?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has he asked for any costings or budget analysis that demonstrate how the University of Waikato will deliver a full year of regional hospital placement in Year 2 of its proposed medical programme within its proposed allocated funding, if…

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Will the University of Waikato deliver the full proposed medical programme within the allocated EFTS funding without cross subsidy from other University funding streams, if not why not?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What is the per student operating cost assumed for the proposed University of Waikato medical programme, and how does that compare with the per student operating cost of the medical programmes at the University of Auckland and the…

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What is the total EFTS funding, broken down by year and per student, that will be allocated to the proposed University of Waikato medical programme?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has ministerial consultation on the national interest analysis for the 2024 amendments to the International Health Regulations occurred, if so on what dates?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  How many Senior Medical Officers, specialist nurses, and allied health staff have been appointed using the specific funding announced on 26 November 2024, and in which hospitals?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  How many vacant roles at Hutt Valley Hospital were approved for recruitment in each week of 2025 to date broken down by specialty, and excluding temporary parental-leave cover?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  How many vacant roles at Wellington Regional Hospital were approved for recruitment in each week of 2025 to date broken down by specialty, and excluding temporary parental-leave cover?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  How many staff resigned from Wellington Regional Hospital and Hutt Valley Hospital in each week of 2025 to date, broken down by specialty?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What was the total FTE vacancy figure at Hutt Valley Hospital in each week from 1 January 2025 to date, broken down by specialty?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What was the total FTE vacancy figure at Wellington Regional Hospital in each week from 1 January 2025 to date, broken down by specialty?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 4 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 4 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 4 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 4 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 4 May 2026, by title and date?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 4 May 2026, by title and date?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 4 May 2026, by title and date?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 4 May 2026, by title and date?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Further to reply 28371 (2025), what is the average wait time from referral to a specialist to diagnosis for suspected ovarian cancer patients as 1 May 2026 and every year for the past six years?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  How many projects or contracts that were due to be completed in 2024/25 were shelved, curtailed, or pushed into out years, for each, what was the project name, what was the total budgeted cost, what is the actual cost to date, what was its…

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What programmes or projects at Health New Zealand if any, were delayed in the 2024/25 financial year and what was the reason for any delay in delivery or implementation?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Would any money be saved within the National Public Health Service (NPHS) if the second HPV vaccine dose is not offered at school, if so how much?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  How will the usefulness or lack thereof of the second HPV dose be explained, if at all, to young people and their parents if there is a change from providing both HPV vaccine doses at school?

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  Have any students been given consent for two doses of HPV vaccine via the school-based immunisation programme, who then will not be offered the second dose at their school?

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  Is Health New Zealand currently planning changes that will require young people to receive their second HPV dose from general practice rather than via the school-based immunisation programme, if so on what date did this commence?

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Ayesha Verrall

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Matching question numbers: 19125 (2026)

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  What process, if any, has been or would be used by Health NZ, Pharmac or the Ministry of Health to change the recommended number of HPV vaccine doses for 15 year olds and older?

• 19122 (matches this search)

  Has any preliminary work been undertaken by Health NZ, Ministry of Health, or Pharmac to assess if the recommended number of HPV vaccine doses can be reduced from two to one for 9 to 14 year olds, if so when?

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  What process, if any, has been or would be used to change the recommended number of HPV vaccine doses for 9 to 14 year olds from two to one?

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  Has a decision been taken to reduce the recommended number of doses of HPV vaccine for 15 year olds and older, if so, to what and on what date?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  How many women aged 70 years plus have been screened since the extension of eligibility for breast screening, broken down by Te Whatu Ora district, date of screening, age and ethnicity?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What funding, if any, has been allocated to perinatal bereavement workforce education in the 2025/26 financial year?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  How many clinicians and staff at Health NZ, if any, completed perinatal bereavement training in the 12 months ending 31 March 2026, broken down by workforce and by region?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  How many Lead Perinatal Bereavement Coordinator (kaiwhakatere) positions, if any, are currently established in each Health New Zealand region and each district?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What specialist perinatal mental health services, if any, are currently funded for parents and whānau following perinatal loss in each Health New Zealand region, and what is the average wait time for access?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What proportion of parents experiencing perinatal loss are offered a mental health screening, if any, before discharge from maternity care, broken down by Health New Zealand region?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  How many parents and whānau who experienced perinatal loss accessed specialist mental health support, if any, in the 12 months ending 31 March 2026, broken down by region?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  How much funding, if any, has been allocated to early mental health intervention for parents and whānau who have experienced perinatal loss in the 2025/26 financial year, and from which budget appropriation?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has pomalidomide been funded by Pharmac as a third-line treatment for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, if not, is it under consideration for funding?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has lenalidomide been funded by Pharmac for the treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, if not, is it under consideration for funding?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has inotuzumab ozogamicin been funded by Pharmac for the treatment of relapsed or refractory CD22-positive precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, if not, is it under consideration for funding?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has idelalisib been funded by Pharmac for the treatment of relapsed or refractory CD20-positive chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma; and if not, is it under consideration for funding?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has gilteritinib been funded by Pharmac for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia in patients with an FLT3 (ITD or TKD) mutation; and if not, is it under consideration for funding?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has asciminib been funded by Pharmac for the treatment of chronic phase Philadelphia chromosome positive (or BCR-ABL1 transcript positive without T315I mutation) chronic myeloid leukaemia in patients previously treated with two or more…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has zanubrutinib been funded by Pharmac for the treatment of relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma; and if not, is it under consideration for funding?