10537 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

10537 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter October – December 2023 to ‘Develop health pathways that support equity, incorporating Mātauranga Māori, Te Ao Māori approaches, and integrating whānau perspectives to reduce the burden on whānau to navigate health services, particularly for complex care’ under section 3.1 ‘Transition to transformation’ within Te Whatu Ora’s Te Pae Tata: Interim New Zealand Health Plan 2022?

Hon Dr Shane Reti: I am advised that during the October - December 2023 quarter, work was undertaken to develop position statements that reflect mātauranga Māori and te ao Māori approaches to support the health system and to reducing the burden for whānau navigating health services.