National's standing by their policy that aims to attract more nurses and midwives after claims they've warped the numbers.
It's claimed 19-thousand nurses have left the public health system since 2017, but the Government says that's wrong.
There are actually four-thousand more nurses since 2017, a 19 percent increase.
National's numbers include nurses who have switched to a different part of health care, such as a new city or from a hospital to aged care.
Opposition leader Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking that there's still a crisis.
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