Fund and Staff the Health System to Meet Patient Need

This means: 

  • Health services must be responsive to the level of need to be met, rather than a cost to be capped in budget estimations.
  • Immediate investment is needed to stabilise and expand our health workforce to meet demand.
  • Guaranteed service availability across the motu, so all rural and regional communities have access to high-quality public health services.
  • Workforce policy must specifically address growing the Māori and Pasifika nursing workforce to equitably meet the health needs of Māori and Pacific People