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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has the Minister been advised whether structured post-incident debriefs were undertaken with frontline staff following the Auckland and Southern hospital IT outages in January 2026, and if so, what risks or concerns, if any, were…

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What proportion of Health New Zealand’s digital and data expenditure is currently directed to exterior commercial datacentres, compared with in-hospital infrastructure?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What funding, if any, has been approved for exterior commercial datacentres used by public hospitals in the 2025/26 financial year, broken down by provider and purpose?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Has the Minister been provided with a consolidated inventory or register of datacentres used by Health New Zealand, and if so, when was it last updated?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Which datacentres used by Health New Zealand contain single points of failure for hospital clinical systems, if any, and what steps, if any, are being taken to eliminate them?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  For each datacentre used by Health New Zealand, what is the contractual arrangement (including term, start date, and expiry date) under which services are provided?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Who operates each of the datacentres used by Health New Zealand, including the legal entity responsible for day-to-day operation and infrastructure maintenance?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Where are each of the datacentres used by Health New Zealand located (by city and country), and which hospital or national systems are hosted in each?

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  How many datacentres are currently used by Health New Zealand to host hospital and national health IT systems, and how many of these are exterior commercial datacentres?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Question published 28 January 2026

  What contractual arrangements, if any, does Te Whatu Ora have with Manage My Health for services funded by the Crown and what data security standards, auditing requirements, and compliance checks if any, are stipulated in these contracts?

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  Question published 2 February 2026

  What contracts, if any, does Te Whatu Ora currently hold with Manage My Health?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many people entered the Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) talent pool for each of the 12-month periods ending 31 December in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025; exited the ACE talent pool; and what was the net change for each…

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  How many people were in the Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) talent pool as at 31 December in each year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Of the people who have declined an offer and remain in the Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) talent pool, are reasons for declines recorded by Te Whatu Ora?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Of the people currently in the Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) talent pool, how many have received at least one offer of employment or placement through the pool; have declined at least one offer; have never received an offer; and have…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many people are in the Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) talent pool as at 31 January 2026, broken down by qualification and first-choice district placement?

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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 period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), listed by agency, title and date…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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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 period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), listed by agency, title and date…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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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 period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), listed by agency, title and date…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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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 period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), listed by agency, 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 period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), 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 period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), 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 period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), 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 period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), by title and date?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What options, if any, are available under existing contracts between Te Whatu Ora, the Ministry of Health, and Manage My Health to impose penalties, require remediation, or terminate contracts following a cyber security incident affecting…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Does the Ministry of Health currently hold any contracts with Manage My Health, if so what are they?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What is the total value, if any, of funding paid by the Ministry of Health to Manage My Health in each of the last five financial years, broken down by year and by purpose?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What is the total value, if any, of funding paid by Te Whatu Ora to Manage My Health in each of the last five financial years, broken down by year and by contract?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  On what date was Te Whatu Ora first advised of a cyber security incident affecting Manage My Health involving unauthorised access to patient data?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  On what date was he first advised of a cyber security incident affecting Manage My Health involving unauthorised access to patient data?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  What steps, if any, has he taken following the Canopy Health cyber security incident to ensure that private providers delivering publicly funded health services comply with Government expectations on data security, breach detection, and…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What explanation, if any, was provided to him by Canopy Health or Te Whatu Ora for why some patients were not notified of the July 2025 cyber security incident until December 2025 or January 2026?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Did Te Whatu Ora or the Ministry of Health undertake any assessment, if at all, of the risks to patients whose data may have been compromised in the Canopy Health cyber security incident, including risks of identity theft, financial harm,…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  On what date was Te Whatu Ora first informed, if at all, that Canopy Health, a private provider delivering government-funded breast screening and oncology services including through BreastScreen Aotearoa, had experienced a cyber security…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  On what date was the Ministry of Health first informed, if at all, that Canopy Health, a private provider delivering government-funded breast screening and oncology services including through BreastScreen Aotearoa, had experienced a cyber…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What steps, if any, did Health NZ take to receive assurances from Canopy Health following the July 2025 cyber security incident regarding the security of patient information held on systems used to deliver government-funded breast…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What information, if any, was provided to him at the time he was informed of the Canopy Health cyber security incident, if he was informed, about the nature of the unauthorised access, the types of patient information potentially accessed…

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  When was the Minister first informed, if at all, that Canopy Health had experienced a cyber security incident involving unauthorised access to patient data in July 2025?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What role, if any, did Health NZ play in overseeing, monitoring, or responding to the Canopy Health cyber security incident, given Canopy Health’s role in delivering services under the government-funded BreastScreen Aotearoa programme?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Is he satisfied, if at all, that Canopy Health’s decision to notify some patients approximately six months after identifying unauthorised access to its systems meets the Government’s expectations for protecting patient privacy where the…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Does Te Whatu Ora track whether ManageMyHealth shares or retains any personal health identifiers or data separately from the Beating the Blues programme, if so, how is this monitored?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Were any baseline cybersecurity assessments or audits of the Manage My Health platform conducted before Te Whatu Ora supported delivery of Beating the Blues services on that platform, if so on what dates were these completed?

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  Were baseline cybersecurity assessments or audits, if any, of the Manage My Health platform conducted before Te Whatu Ora funded delivery of Beating the Blues services on that platform?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister received any formal assurances from Te Whatu Ora about how patient information (including for Beating the Blues users) is protected against unauthorised access, if so, what are those assurances?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Are requests for outpatient x-rays in Timaru Hospital assessed by clinicians who work in Timaru hospital, if not, why not?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Is enrolment in Oral Health Therapy course qualifications capped at any New Zealand education provider, and if so what are the current caps by provider?

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Ayesha Verrall

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  How many Oral Health Therapists graduated from New Zealand education providers in each of the last five years, broken down by education provider and qualification type where applicable?

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Ayesha Verrall

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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…

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Ayesha Verrall

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  Does Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora consider the expected total number of first specialist assessments (FSA) or the full year to be sufficient to meet the FSA health target, given that Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora reports delivering…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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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,…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  Does Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora expect to meet the budgeted annual deficit target of $200 million for the 2025/26 financial year?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What was the overall financial result, including any surplus or deficit for Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora for the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year and what factors contributed to this Quarter's financial deficit result?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many times has the Napier Health Centre overnight urgent care service been closed, in whole or in part, since 1 November 2024, broken down by month with reason for each closure?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What is the current number of nurses in the Health New Zealand Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) Talent Pool who have Hawke’s Bay as a preferred/selected location, if any?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What is the number and FTE of Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) nursing graduates, if any, who were hired in Hawke’s Bay region during the 2025 calendar year?