Health NZ unable to tell if $42m winter health plan was effective

18 Aug 2024

NZ Doctor

Health NZ is unable to tell if spending millions to ramp up the health system to cope in winter has actually worked.

The $42 million plan, enacted in 2023, aimed to boost eight areas, such as immunisation and acute treatment flow.

But a newly released document concluded “few conclusions could be drawn” about the success of the plan.

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