These documents have been released by the Ministry of Health on behalf of the Minister of Health, Hon Simeon Brown, as part of the Budget 2025 process.
Where information in these documents has not been released, the relevant Official Information Act 1982 grounds for withholding have been noted.
Further Budget 2025 documents can be viewed on the Treasury’s Budget 2025 website.
| Date | H# | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 05 September 2024 | H2024048105 | Material for meeting on Budget 2025 approach on 11 September 2024 |
| 13 September 2024 | H2024050753 | Material for meeting on Budget 2025 approach on 19 September 2024 |
| 01 November 2024 | H2024054694 | Budget 2025: Options for Vote Health initiatives |
| 28 November 2024 | H2024055351 | Budget 2025: Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Finance, December |
| 13 January 2025 | H2024058891 | Vote Health Budget 2025 Submissions Package |
| 17 January 2025 | Letter to Minister of Finance | |
| 23 January 2025 | H2025059415 | Update on Vote Health at Budget 2025 |
| 03 February 2025 | H2025060063 | Budget 2025 - further advice on Vote Health package |
| 14 February 2025 | H2025061289 | Capital Charge - Context for Budget 2025 |
| 20 February 2025 | H2025061291 | Budget 2025: Update on infrastructure initiatives and small-scale capital projects |
| 28 February 2025 | H2025061712 | Budget 2025: Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Finance, 5 March 2025 |
| 28 February 2025 | H2025062282 | Additional advice on Budget 2022 initiatives |
| 04 April 2025 | H2025062920 | Budget 2025 Vote Health Financial Recommendations |
| Date | H# | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 10 October 2024 | H2024051792 | Budget requirements relating to World Health Organisation |
| 02 December 2024 | H2024057511 | Ministerial meeting for the Crown Response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in care |
| 05 December 2024 | H2024057679 | Identifying potential health components for a budget package responding to the Abuse in Care Inquiry recommendations |
| 16 December 2024 | H2024058571 | Ministerial group meeting - Approach to Budget 2025 investment in making the care system safe |
| 16 December 2024 | H2024058516 | Discussion on options for aged care initiatives for Budget 2025 |
| 16 December 2024 | H2024058409 | People in Mental Distress Presenting via 111 |
| 13 January 2025 | H2025059112 | Approach to Budget 2025 investment in making the care system safe |
| 18 March 2025 | H2025059160 | Contingency drawdown - Implementation of new medicines - contingency drawdown |
| 03 April 2025 | H2025062289 | Health and Disability Commissioner funding and operational proposals |
| Title |
|---|
| Increase prescribing lengths from 3 months to 12 months |
| Transition to a multi-agency response to 111 mental distress calls |
| Expanding forensic mental health services |
| Aged care package to reduce hospital bed pressure |
| World Health Organization (WHO): New Zealand’s financial contribution |
| Wellington Regional Hospital Emergency Department refurbishment |
| Nelson Hospital redevelopment programme – project two |
| Temporary inpatient bed capacity for New Zealand hospitals |
| Auckland facilities infrastructure remediation (FIRP) programme tranche 3 |
| Assessable contributions for the World Health Organization – savings opportunities |
| National bowel screening programme – lowering the screening age for Māori and Pacific peoples – contingency |
| Implementation of increased access to cancer treatments or other medicines |
| District Health Boards – capital charge contingency |
| DHB nurses pay equity settlement – tagged operating contingency |
| New Dunedin Hospital – tagged capital contingency |
| Southern health system digital transformation programme - contingency |
| Well Child Tamariki Ora – strengthening services - contingency |
| Digital access to 24/7 primary care for all New Zealanders |
| Primary Care Tactical Action Plan – Increase the medical doctor trainee cap |
| Primary Care Tactical Action Plan – NZREX primary care pathway expansion |
| Domestic Graduate Primary Care Pathway |
| Boost funding to incentivise primary care employers to attract, recruit and support up to 400 new graduate nurses per year from 2025 |
| Boost funding and access for Primary Care nurses to accelerate advanced education |
| Fund up to 120 trainees in nurse practitioner training programme (NPTP) specialising in primary care |
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