80620 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

Written Question
Published date: 23 Dec 2024
80620 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made to address the recommendation 'Coding for function: The ICF International Classification of Function is not part of the routine data take in New Zealand public hospitals. We went some way to developing a set of codes that could correlate with functional status. It is desirable to keep track of service utilisation by people according to functional capacity, alongside their personal identification of disability or otherwise.' as contained in the Research into health and wellbeing impacts of adverse weather conditions report for the Ministry of Health dated July 2024, as at 9 December 2024?
Hon Dr Shane Reti: I refer the Member to Written Parliamentary Question 79604 (2024).