68137 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

68137 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter April to June 2024 to ‘Ensure national consistency and increased access to urgent oral surgery for children’ under section 2.2 ‘Kahu Taurima | Maternity and early years’ within Te Whatu Ora’s Te Pae Tata: Interim New Zealand Health Plan 2022?

Hon Dr Shane Reti: I am advised that during the April to June 2024 quarter, Health New Zealand continued to monitor access for urgent oral surgery for children through its operational national Rapid data set. I am further advised that during the quarter, Health NZ continued to develop options for a more strategic integrated approach to oral health commissioning, with a particular focus on children accessing community oral health services.