11493 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

11493 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter October – December 2023 in the priority area ‘Increase opportunistic testing for STBBI in health services outside primary care and sexual health services (e.g,, kaupapa Māori provider-led services at national and regional kapa haka, waka ama etc events, Big Gay Out and Pride events, mental health and addiction services, prisons and emergency departments)’ under ‘STRATEGIC DIRECTION 3: Equitable access to culturally safe, quality health care for testing and management’ as part of the Aotearoa New Zealand Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infection Strategy 2023-2030?

Hon Casey Costello: I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 11481 (2024).