54442 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

54442 (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 there is a sustained commitment to recruiting and investing in a diverse disabled health workforce in all health entities, including tāngata whaikaha Māori and tagata sa’ilimalo workforces (This will require sustained commitment to designing services that work for disabled people and creating employment conditions that are mana enhancing for and attractive to disabled people.)’ within ‘Priority 4: Build health workforce capacity and capability to meet the needs of disabled people and their whānau’ 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 54431 (2024).