19878 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

19878 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter October to December 2023 in actioning the recommendation ‘Consider the value of antenatal immunisation targets to incentivise health practitioners’ under ‘Priority Area 3: Antenatal immunisations’ within the ‘Initial Priorities for the National Immunisation Programme in Aotearoa 2022’?

Hon Dr Shane Reti: I am advised that following a pilot in 2023, LMCs are enabled to have direct access into the Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR). I am further advised that a new website, www.immunise.health.nz, was launched where health professionals and consumers can find information on antenatal immunisations. Work is continuing nationally, regionally, and locally to identify touchpoints where hapū māmā can have supportive conversations about immunisation. Note this website has now migrated to: https://info.health.nz/immunisations/.