Addressing the impacts of pay disparities in the health funded sector

Cabinet paper seeking agreement to establish a tagged contingency of $40 million in 2022/23 and up to $200 million from 2023/24 that will increase pay rates for over 15,000 nursing and 5,000 healthcare workers in the health funded sector to rates similar to those paid to Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand-employed staff.

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