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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?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How much, if any, has been spent to date on programme management, administration, consultants and contractors for the urgent and after-hours healthcare programme?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How much, if any, has been spent to date on procurement processes for new or extended urgent care services?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What proportion, if any, of urgent and after-hours healthcare spending committed to in Budget 2025 to date has gone to services that are now operating, as opposed to services still in procurement or development?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What funding, if any, beyond the $164 million has been committed or sought for urgent and after-hours healthcare since Budget 2025, and from what source?

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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 forecast to be spent in each of the remaining years of the appropriation?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Which emergency departments, if any, currently operate an ED diversion or redirection scheme to urgent care services, and from what date did each begin?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How many patients, if any, have been offered diversion or redirection from an emergency department to an urgent care service in each of the past three years, broken down by emergency department?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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How many and what percentage, if any, of patients offered diversion or redirection from an emergency department accepted it in each of the past three years, broken down by emergency department?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What percentage, if any, of patients presenting to each emergency department were assessed as suitable for diversion or redirection to urgent care in the most recent 12 months?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Has the 2022 time and motion study referred to at paragraph 78 of New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare (May 2025) been repeated or updated, if at all, and if so, what did it find?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What national target, if any, is there for the proportion of emergency department presentations diverted or redirected to urgent care services?

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Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

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Further to her answers to written question 38441 (2026): was this not an internal review of the procurement process?

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Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

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Further to her answer to written question 38524 (2026): was The Post wrong when they reported on 2 September 2026 that an internal audit review by Health New Zealand of the procurement process had occurred?

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Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

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Further to her answers to written questions 38524 and 38441 (2026): how can she claim in her answer to 38524 that “no internal review into the awarding of Auckland home and community support contracts has been undertaken by Health New…

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Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

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Further to her answers to written question 38441 (2026): what triggered this review?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What is the current projected completion date, or opening / go-live date, for Ngā Puna Waiora High Voltage Infrastructure Upgrades, Wellington, if any?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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What was the original projected completion date, or opening / go-live date, for Ngā Puna Waiora High Voltage Infrastructure Upgrades, Wellington at the time funding was first approved, if any?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Has Ngā Puna Waiora High Voltage Infrastructure Upgrades, Wellington experienced any delays to its planned timeline, if so, by how long has the project been delayed in total, what are the reasons for each delay, and what steps are being…

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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Were any delays to Ngā Puna Waiora High Voltage Infrastructure Upgrades, Wellington recorded during the period prior to December 2023, if so, what were those delays, what caused them, and how long did they extend the project timeline, if…