10547 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

10547 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter October – December 2023 to ‘Implement a national, regional and local organisation structure that unifies and simplifies the system using a consistent standardised operating model for corporate functions, including people and culture, finance, commissioning, hospital and specialist, data and digital and infrastructure’ 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, Health New Zealand progressed the transition to new structures and ways of working as part of its organisational change process, Unify to Simplify. Health NZ continued to refine its delivery plans and implemented new ways of working, taking a unified approach to health services delivery to support the government’s priorities. I am further advised that during the quarter most Health NZ business groups published their final decision documents, with expressions of interest and recruitment processes put in place for many roles. Group Directors of Operations and Regional Directors of Operations were appointed, providing the opportunity for the new system to work locally and be aligned regionally. In addition, as part of becoming a single organisation, Health NZ published its first Annual Report during the period and launched a new public health website, Health Information and Services, for consistent, reliable health information.