33096 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Associate Minister of Health

33096 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Associate Minister of Health: How many deputy chief executive or equivalent roles, if any, are in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, and what is the total number of employees in these departments, agencies, crown entities or any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for?

Hon David Seymour: Pharmac does not have a Deputy Chief Executive role, however it does have 7 Director positions which report to the Chief Executive. As at 30 June 2025 Pharmac has 168 permanent employees and 27 fixed-term employees.