44281 (2025). Debbie Ngarewa-Packer to the Minister of Health

44281 (2025). Debbie Ngarewa-Packer to the Minister of Health: What additional funding or initiatives, if any, are planned to remove the financial or logistic barriers preventing timely access for dental treatment?

Hon Simeon Brown: I am advised that, as part of our focus on putting patients first and ensuring all New Zealanders have access to timely, quality healthcare, Health New Zealand's investment in mobile dental services has increased access to oral health services for children and adolescents, as well as adults eligible to receive dental treatment. I am further advised that the first tranche of the investment has delivered seven new mobile dental clinics for services delivered across the country.