About us Mō mātou

About the Ministry of Health and the New Zealand health system. 

Regulation & legislation Ngā here me ngā ture

Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

Strategies & initiatives He rautaki, he tūmahi hou

How we’re working to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders.

Monitoring & statistics He aroturuki, he tatauranga

Data and insights from our health surveys, research and monitoring.

Māori health Hauora Māori

Increasing access to health services, achieving equity and improving outcomes for Māori.

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.

Bundles 1a, 1b, and 1c – Key Overarching Budget Advice
DateH#Title
05 September 2024H2024048105Material for meeting on Budget 2025 approach on 11 September 2024
13 September 2024H2024050753Material for meeting on Budget 2025 approach on 19 September 2024
01 November 2024H2024054694Budget 2025: Options for Vote Health initiatives
28 November 2024H2024055351Budget 2025: Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Finance, December
13 January 2025H2024058891Vote Health Budget 2025 Submissions Package
17 January 2025 Letter to Minister of Finance
23 January 2025H2025059415Update on Vote Health at Budget 2025
03 February 2025H2025060063Budget 2025 - further advice on Vote Health package
14 February 2025H2025061289Capital Charge - Context for Budget 2025
20 February 2025H2025061291Budget 2025: Update on infrastructure initiatives and small-scale capital projects
28 February 2025H2025061712Budget 2025: Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Finance, 5 March 2025
28 February 2025H2025062282Additional advice on Budget 2022 initiatives
04 April 2025H2025062920Budget 2025 Vote Health Financial Recommendations
Bundle 2 – Advice on Specific Policy Initiatives
DateH#Title
10 October 2024H2024051792Budget requirements relating to World Health Organisation
02 December 2024H2024057511Ministerial meeting for the Crown Response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in care
05 December 2024H2024057679Identifying potential health components for a budget package responding to the Abuse in Care Inquiry recommendations
16 December 2024H2024058571Ministerial group meeting - Approach to Budget 2025 investment in making the care system safe
16 December 2024H2024058516Discussion on options for aged care initiatives for Budget 2025
16 December 2024H2024058409People in Mental Distress Presenting via 111
13 January 2025H2025059112Approach to Budget 2025 investment in making the care system safe
18 March 2025H2025059160Contingency drawdown - Implementation of new medicines - contingency drawdown
03 April 2025H2025062289Health and Disability Commissioner funding and operational proposals
Bundle 3 – Final Initiative Templates
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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