44277 (2025). Debbie Ngarewa-Packer to the Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 08 Oct 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	44277 (2025)
Question asked:	10 Sep 2025
Member asking:	Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Portfolio:	Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Simeon Brown
Answer received:	02 Oct 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_44277_2025
Document guid:	6dfe4bf6-63f3-4897-b272-c304448a23ac

44277 (2025). Debbie Ngarewa-Packer to the Minister of Health: How many Māori patients, if any, have died from conditions deemed preventable or manageable while waiting for diagnostics or treatment in the past 6 months?

Hon Simeon Brown: I am advised that this specific retrospective data, as requested by the Member, is not currently held in a reportable format by Health New Zealand. I do not consider it to be in the public interest to divert staff from essential services to undertake a substantial collation exercise.