16234 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 14 Apr 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	16234 (2025)
Question asked:	01 Apr 2025
Member asking:	Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Portfolio:	Associate Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Casey Costello
Answer received:	09 Apr 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_16234_2025
Document guid:	bd7c19a9-6dbe-450c-a28f-a669aed43d35

16234 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter October to December 2024 in the priority area ‘Increase community-based testing (eg, in the Needle Exchange Programme, women’s refuges, peer-support organisations and pharmacies)’ 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 15495 (2025).