The Ministry of Health previously reported quarterly on DHBs’ progress towards the former health targets.
New Health System Indicators
The Health System Indicators are a new framework for measuring health system performance.
See the Health System Indicators online dashboard.
See below for DHBs’ past results against the former health targets.
2021/22 data
Data for the Emergency Department (ED) health target results is available below. This data should be read in conjunction with the Health System Indicator Acute Bed Days which replaced the health target.
Data showing national and DHB results for each quarter is provided in a flat file format, presenting the national target goal and DHB results alphabetically.
- 2021/22: Quarter One ED Health Target data file (Excel, 19 KB)
- 2021/22: Quarter Two ED Health Target data file (Excel, 11 KB)
- 2021/22: Quarter Three ED Health Target data file (Excel, 11 KB)
- 2021/22: Quarter Four ED Health Target data file (Excel, 11 KB)
2020/21 data
The six existing health targets form part of DHB accountability arrangements for 2020/21.
Data showing national and DHB results for each quarter is provided in a flat file format, presenting the national target goal and DHB results alphabetically.
- 2020/21: Quarter One Health Target data file (Excel, 21 KB)
- 2020/21: Quarter Two Health Target data file (Excel, 29 KB)
- 2020/21: Quarter Three Health Target data file (Excel, 29 KB)
- 2020/21: Quarter Four Health Target data file (Excel, 30 KB)
2019/20 data
Five of the existing health targets form part of DHB accountability arrangements for 2019/20
Data showing national and DHB results for each quarter is provided in a flat file format, presenting the national target goal and DHB results alphabetically.
- 2019/20: Quarter One Health Target data file (Excel, 17 KB)
- 2019/20: Quarter Two Health Target data file (Excel, 24 KB)
- 2019/20: Quarter Three Health Target data file (Excel, 24 KB)
- 2019/20: Quarter Four Health Target data file (Excel, 27 KB)
What the national results show
|
Health target |
Target goal |
Quarter 4 2019/20 |
Quarter 1 2020/21 |
Quarter 2 2020/21 |
Quarter 3 2020/21 |
Quarter 4 2020/21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Shorter stays in emergency departments |
95% |
90.4% |
86.6% |
85.1% |
83.6% |
83.1%* |
|
Faster cancer treatment |
90% |
84.9% |
89.3% |
88.8% |
85.1% |
84.2% |
|
Increased immunisation |
95% |
90.7% |
89.4% |
89.3% |
87.7% |
87.3% |
|
Better help for smokers to quit |
90% |
80.0% |
78.4% |
78.0% |
77.0% |
76.1% |
|
Raising healthy kids |
95% |
95.2% |
93.3% |
93.4% |
93.5% |
93.4% |
* The result for the Shorter stays in emergency departments target does not include data for Waikato DHB due to the impact of the cyberattack on DHB systems.
Results by target
Shorter stays in emergency departments target
The target is 95 percent of patients will be admitted, discharged or transferred from an emergency department (ED) within six hours.
| Quarter 1 | 3 DHBs met the target |
|---|---|
| Quarter 2 | 3 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 3 | 3 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 4 | 4 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 1 | 3 DHBs met the target |
|---|---|
| Quarter 2 | 3 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 3 | 2 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 4 | 3 DHBs met the target |
Faster cancer treatment target
The target is 90 percent of patients receive their first cancer treatment (or other management) within 62 days of being referred with a high suspicion of cancer and a need to be seen within two weeks.
| Quarter 1 | 9 DHBs met the target |
|---|---|
| Quarter 2 | 9 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 3 | 10 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 4 | 9 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 1 | 10 DHBs met the target |
|---|---|
| Quarter 2 | 12 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 3 | 3 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 4 | 6 DHBs met the target |
Increased immunisation target
The target is 95 percent of eight months olds will have their primary course of immunisation (six weeks, three months and five months immunisation events) on time.
| Quarter 1 | 1 DHB met the target |
|---|---|
| Quarter 2 | 4 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 3 | 3 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 4 | No DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 1 | 2 DHB met the target |
|---|---|
| Quarter 2 | 2 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 3 | 1 DHB met the target |
| Quarter 4 | No DHBs met the target |
Better help for smokers to quit target
The target is 90 percent of PHO enrolled patients who smoke have been offered help to quit smoking by a health care practitioner in the last 15 months and 90 percent of pregnant women who identify as smokers upon registration with a DHB-employed midwife or Lead Maternity Carer are offered brief advice and support to quit smoking.
| Quarter 1 | 3 DHBs met the target |
|---|---|
| Quarter 2 | 4 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 3 | 1 DHB met the target |
| Quarter 4 | 2 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 1 | 1 DHB met the target |
|---|---|
| Quarter 2 | 1 DHB met the target |
| Quarter 3 | 1 DHB met the target |
| Quarter 4 | No DHBs met the target |
Raising healthy kids target
The target is 95 percent of obese children identified in the Before School Check (B4SC) programme will be offered a referral to a health professional for clinical assessment and family based nutrition, activity and lifestyle interventions.
| Quarter 1 | 16 DHBs met the target |
|---|---|
| Quarter 2 | 17 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 3 | 16 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 4 | 13 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 1 | 15 DHBs met the target |
|---|---|
| Quarter 2 | 11 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 3 | 12 DHBs met the target |
| Quarter 4 | 11 DHBs met the target |