43901 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

43901 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter January to March 2024 on the action ‘Improve training support for best-practice medical care, disability and social support services and make this education more available across all parts of the dementia mate wareware and aged care sector, home and community care, primary care, and within the core health service so all health sector practitioners and providers can deliver informed, best practice, tailored, culturally safe, and person-centred services and support’ under the objective ‘Strengthen leadership and capability across the sector’ within Te Whatu Ora’s Improving Dementia Mate Wareware Services in Aotearoa New Zealand Action Plan?

Hon Casey Costello: I am advised during the January to March 2024 quarter, work was undertaken by the Dementia Mate Wareware Leadership and Advisory Group / Te Whakaruruhau mō te Mate Wareware on formal feedback and recommendations to Health New Zealand regarding the 2024-2027 Health Workforce Plan. This submission, which was presented in April, included contributions from the Dementia Mate Wareware Network, a large national sector group that includes providers, workforce, dementia experts, and people living with dementia mate wareware and their whānau/care partners.