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Could private hospitals help bring waitlists down?

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 12 Sep 2024, 5:51pm
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Could private hospitals help bring waitlists down?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 12 Sep 2024, 5:51pm

There's support for more use of private hospitals to help the health system.

Minister Shane Reti's outlined plans for reaching five health targets set in March, spanning wait times, immunisations and cancer treatment.

He's discussed increasing public hospital beds and operating theatres and using private hospital capacity more.

Counties Manukau chief medical officer Andrew Connolly says private healthcare will help get wait lists down.

"Most of the work will still be done, however, in public facilities. We don't want to lose staff to private just to do public work."

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