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Entering into long-term outsourcing contracts as the Government has done puts more pressure on the public system, with staff left to pick up more complicated and risky procedures.
We are concerned that it also negatively impacts on the necessary case mix needed for trainees.  Labour is committed to ensuring that private contracts do not come at the expense of our public healthcare system. We will seek opportunities to reduce the level of outsourcing over the medium-term. – Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall Labour’s health policies can be found in full here: https://www.labour.org.nz/our-policies/ |
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Our focus is a properly funded public system: a stable share of GDP, cost pressures met in full, and new initiatives funded on top of existing budgets, so services are not quietly rationed to balance the books. = Health spokesperson Jessica Hammond Opportunity health policy can be found here: https://www.opportunity.org.nz/healthy_people |
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Te Pāti Māori is opposed to the privatisation of our health system.
Te Pāti Māori’s full health policy can be found here and its education and training policy here. |
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The Green Party opposes shifting public money and capacity into profit-driven health care.
Outsourcing is not a substitute for rebuilding a strong, publicly delivered system; it can cost more, weaken public capacity and deepen inequities. – Health spokesperson Hūhana Lyndon The Green Party’s full health policy can be found here: https://www.greens.org.nz/health_policy |
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 National’s health spokesperson, current Minister of Health Simeon Brown, refused to answer any of Kaitiaki’s questions, citing NZNO’s “politicising” of health in the lead up to the General Election. |
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The ACT Party’s health spokesperson Todd Stephenson did not answer questions due to “capacity constraints”. |
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No answers were received from New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Casey Costello. |
Responses published in the order they were received.