3420 (2025). Hon Jo Luxton to the Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 19 Feb 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	3420 (2025)
Question asked:	04 Feb 2025
Member asking:	Hon Jo Luxton
Portfolio:	Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Simeon Brown
Answer received:	15 Feb 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_03420_2025
Document guid:	8e7958f0-fc59-48ee-b8eb-4e1368c29177

3420 (2025). Hon Jo Luxton to the Minister of Health: What proportion of the Continuing Medical Education (CME) entitlement was utilized by Senior Medical Officers (SMOs) working in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Service at Whakatāne Hospital over the past year, and what, if any, barriers were there to SMOs accessing these resources?

Hon Simeon Brown: Our Government is focused on delivering timely, quality healthcare for all New Zealanders. I am advised that Senior Medical Officers working in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Service at Whakatāne Hospital accessed 213.6 hours of CME Leave, 72 hours of CME Travel, and 59.37 hours of lieu CME during 2024. I am further advised that there were no barriers to accessing CME resources.