54431 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

54431 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter April to June 2024 on the priority action ‘ensure health entities act to address inequities found in data, research and evidence between disabled and non-disabled people and within the disabled population’ within ‘Priority 5: Increase the visibility of disabled people in health data, research and evidence as part of an active learning system’ as part of the Ministry of Health’s ‘Provisional Health of Disabled People Strategy: 2023’?

Hon Dr Shane Reti: I refer the Member to Written Parliamentary Question 53783 (2024). As outlined previously, the Health of Disabled People Work Programme is designed to initiate the groundwork across actions for implementing the priorities in the Health of Disabled People Strategy.