3023 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

3023 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: What in-person auditing measures, if any, are conducted on how the data is collected for the statistic ‘Proportion of people waiting longer than four months for their first specialist assessment’?

Hon Dr Shane Reti: I am advised Audit NZ conducts in-person annual audits of key performance metrics for the Proportion of people waiting longer than four months for their first specialist assessment', known as ESPI2.