81016 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

81016 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has occurred to achieve the initiative 'Deploy processes for nationally consistent communications to patients to ensure transparency, manage expectations, and ensure all patients on elective treatment waitlists continue to require intervention' included on page 15 of High Level Implementation Plans - Achieving the Health Targets, as at 16 December 2024?

Hon Dr Shane Reti: I am advised that as part of the patient communications project, which includes development of an expected wait time dashboard, processes and communications with patients on the waitlist have been agreed with regions and are now operational.