54413 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

54413 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter April to June 2024 on the priority action ‘continue work to join up care and create pregnancy and early years care pathways to improve quality, safety, and equity of outcomes for all pregnant women and people and their whānau into the first few years of their children’s lives. To support this, programmes and services need to engage diverse groups, including wāhine Māori, Pacific women, Asian and other ethnic women, rainbow communities, and disabled women to ensure that they provide culturally safe, accessible and gender affirming care.’ under ‘Priority 3: Better outcomes for mothers, whānau, and future generations’ withing the Ministry of Health’s ‘Women’s Health Strategy 2023’?

Hon Casey Costello: I refer the Member to my reply to Written Parliamentary Question 54394 (2024).