Simeon Brown
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343 appearances
6 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 29 Jul
Simeon Brown’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And that's the key way to get the numbers down off the waitlists.
Part of that's lifting performance in hospitals.
Part of it's also, as I've spoken to you about before, outsourcing using the private hospitals as well as much as we can to get people seen quickly to reduce those wait times.
We are outsourcing as many as we can.
And the key there is to make sure that we can get people off the waiting list as quickly as possible.
Health New Zealand's currently going through a process looking at
some longer-term contracts with some private hospitals, get a lot more delivery through those contracts, but also better value for money for the taxpayer.
But absolutely, our focus is getting through these lists as quickly as we can.
Well, I think there's a number of things.
Obviously, we have a budget for health and we deliver as much as we can within that budget.
And we have, as government, continue to invest more into health than every single budget.
The challenge is also around capacity and workforce.
And so we have to make sure that we are getting as much done with the workforce that we've got.
Well, we are constantly engaging with private hospitals.
Health New Zealand is constantly engaging to see what more can be delivered.
This year, we said between public and private, we're targeting 215,000.
elective surgeries, which is the highest number on record, 11,000 more than the previous year.
We're on track to deliver that number this year.
And that is through our commitments with the private hospitals, but also making sure we're getting as much delivered through our public hospitals and driving efficiency on those lists as well.
There's a number of reasons for that.
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