Vote Health directly supports the day-to-day operation of strong and equitable public health services delivered by a skilled workforce in our communities, hospitals, and other care settings.
The Vote also plays a key role in supporting population health across people’s lives, including improving health equity for Māori and other groups, and helps facilitate the delivery of key system priorities including child wellbeing, mental wellbeing, wellbeing through prevention, and primary health care.
Vote Health appropriations
The main operating appropriations in Vote Health are for:
- delivering hospital and specialist services
- delivering primary, community, public and population health services
- national pharmaceuticals purchasing
- delivering hauora Māori services
- stewardship of the New Zealand health system.
Most operating funding within the health system pays for the health workforce.
The Ministry of Health’s advice on investment and funding is guided by the Government Policy Statement on Health.
