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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Have the proposed hours of weekdays 0830-2000 and weekends 0900-1700 been implemented at Golden Bay, as set out in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Have the proposed hours of weekdays 0800-2000 and weekends 0900-1700 been implemented at Gore, as set out in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0800-1700,…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Greymouth, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0800-2000, no weekend service and…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Hanmer Springs, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0830-1700 and a PRIME service…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Haast, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0900-1600 and a PRIME service 24/7 and…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Have the proposed hours of weekdays 0800-2100 and weekends 0800-1700 been implemented at Invercargill, as set out in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Kaikōura, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of Monday to Wednesday 0800-1800, Thursday…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Karamea, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0900-1630 and a PRIME service 24/7 and…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Kurow, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of Monday to Thursday 0830-1700, Friday 0830-1300, and…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Maniototo (Ranfurly), as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of Monday and Tuesday 0900-1700,…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Lumsden, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0900-1700 and a PRIME service 24/7 and…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Motueka, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0830-1700 and a PRIME service available…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Murchison, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0830-1700 and a PRIME service 24/7 and…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Are the hours of weekdays 0800-2200, weekends 0800-2200 recorded for Nelson in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025) still being provided in full, and if not, what are the current hours and what…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Have the proposed hours of weekdays 0830-2000 and weekends 0900-1700 been implemented at Oamaru, as set out in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0830-1700,…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Palmerston, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0830-1700, no weekend service and…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Roxburgh, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0830-1730 and a PRIME service 24/7 and…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Stewart Island, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of Monday to Sunday 1000-1230 and a PRIME…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Are the hours of weekdays 0900-2000, weekends 1000-1800 recorded for Queenstown in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025) still being provided in full, and if not, what are the current hours and what…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Have the proposed hours of weekdays 1700-2000 and weekends 0900-1700 been implemented at Rolleston, as set out in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of no current hours…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Tapanui, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of no current hours for that location and proposed…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Te Anau, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0800-1700, Saturday 0900-1200, and a…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Have the proposed hours of weekdays 0800-2000 and weekends 0800-2000 been implemented at Timaru, as set out in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 1700-2000,…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Tuatapere, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0830-1700 and a PRIME service 24/7 and…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Twizel, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0830-1700 and a PRIME service 24/7 and…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Waimate, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0830-1730, no weekend service, and a…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funded on-call service, if any, is now operating at Whataroa, as proposed in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025), which recorded current hours of weekdays 0900-1600 and a PRIME service 24/7 and…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Are the hours of weekdays 0830-1800 and 1800-2300, weekends 0900-1200 and 1500-1800, plus an overnight on-call and nurse-led service and a PRIME service 24/7 recorded for Wānaka in Appendix 2 of New and improved urgent and after-hours…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What percentage, if any, of New Zealanders were within a 60-minute drive of an in-person urgent care service in May 2025, when New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare was published?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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When, if at all, does he expect 98 per cent of New Zealanders to be within a 60-minute drive of an in-person urgent care service?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What percentage, if any, of New Zealanders remain more than a 60-minute drive from an in-person urgent care service, and in which districts, if any, do they live?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What percentage, if any, of Māori are currently more than 40km from the closest urgent care clinic, given that paragraph 21 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025) recorded that figure as 29 per cent?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How many, if any, of the 116 urgent care sites set out in Figure 8 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025) are currently operating, broken down by large urban, smaller city, rural centre and remote service?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Is the framework still expected to be fully implemented within two years of May 2025, as stated at paragraph 48 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare, and if not, when, if at all, does he expect it to be completed?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What percentage, if any, of New Zealanders are currently within a 60-minute drive of an in-person urgent care service, broken down by Health New Zealand region?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What percentage, if any, of the rural population is currently within a 60-minute drive of an in-person urgent care service, broken down by region?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What percentage, if any, of the population is currently within a 60-minute drive of an in-person urgent care service, broken down by district?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What percentage, if any, of Māori are currently within a 60-minute drive of an in-person urgent care service, broken down by region?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Which region, if any, has the lowest percentage of its population within a 60-minute drive of an in-person urgent care service, and what is that percentage?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What percentage, if any, of New Zealanders does he expect to be within a 60-minute drive of an in-person urgent care service as at mid-2027?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How much, if any, of the $164 million committed to urgent and after-hours healthcare in Budget 2025 is allocated to each of the four years of the appropriation?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How much, if any, of the $164 million committed to urgent and after-hours healthcare in Budget 2025 has been spent on contractors, consultants or programme staffing rather than on service delivery?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How much funding, if any, allocated to urgent and after-hours healthcare has been unspent, returned or reallocated in any financial year since Budget 2025?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How much, if any, of the $164 million committed to urgent and after-hours healthcare in Budget 2025 has been spent to date, broken down by year?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Is the $164 million committed to urgent and after-hours healthcare in Budget 2025 separate from the $18 million in sustainability funding top-ups referred to at paragraph 43 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025),…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How much, if any, of the $164 million committed to urgent and after-hours healthcare in Budget 2025 has been spent in each Health New Zealand region to date?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How much, if any, of the $164 million committed to urgent and after-hours healthcare in Budget 2025 has been spent in each district to date?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How much, if any, of the $164 million committed to urgent and after-hours healthcare in Budget 2025 has been spent on rural and remote services, and how much, if any, on urban and provincial services?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How much, if any, of the $164 million committed to urgent and after-hours healthcare in Budget 2025 is allocated to each Health New Zealand region over the four years of the appropriation?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Which region, if any, has received the largest share of funding committed to urgent and after-hours healthcare in Budget 2025 spending to date, and which, if any, the smallest?