26723 (2026). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 26 Jun 2026

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	26723 (2026)
Question asked:	04 Jun 2026
Member asking:	Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Portfolio:	Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Simeon Brown
Answer received:	22 Jun 2026
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_26723_2026
Document guid:	932701f1-ab65-4523-b9c7-ca45f87bcdca

26723 (2026). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: How many of the additional radiology procedures announced under the September 2025 $65 million Diagnostic Improvement Plan have been delivered to date, broken down by hospital, modality, and month?

Hon Simeon Brown: I am advised that Health New Zealand is developing a health data platform to provide a consistent national dataset for radiology. This dataset will be able to provide reports at a hospital level from January 2027.