23344 (2024). Dr Tracey McLellan to the Associate Minister of Health

23344 (2024). Dr Tracey McLellan to the Associate Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter October to December 2023 toward implementing the recommendation for ‘Any focus on workforce in the aged-care funding and service models review and in future Te Whatu Ora | Health NZ workforce plans should have a focus on actions that contribute to a sustainable aged-care workforce, including a focus on the training and retention of aged-care nurses, healthcare assistants (HCAs), geriatricians and psycho-geriatricians/psychiatrists, pou tikanga, and kaitakawaenga | cultural advisors specialising in the health of older people’ in the Aged Care Commissioner’s report ‘Amplifying the voices of older people across Aotearoa New Zealand’?

Hon Casey Costello: I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 23330 (2024).