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Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022

Key roles and health documents - Key health documents - Government Policy Statement on Health

34: GPS

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"The Government sets a 3-year health plan, called a GPS, to improve healthcare in New Zealand."

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The Minister has to create a GPS every 3 years. You need to know the GPS sets priorities for the health sector and guides the New Zealand Health Plan. The Minister must make the GPS before the first year it applies to. The GPS must cover at least 3 financial years and will end after 3 years. The Minister has to make the first GPS within 2 years of the Pae Ora Act starting. The GPS priorities must include measurable outcomes that consider different cultures. The Minister sets these priorities to help the health sector work better.

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Part 2Key roles and health documents
Key health documents: Government Policy Statement on Health

34GPS

  1. The Minister must issue a GPS at intervals of no more than 3 years apart.

  2. The purpose of the GPS is to—

  3. set priorities for the publicly funded health sector; and
    1. set clear parameters for the development of the New Zealand Health Plan.

      1. The GPS priorities for the publicly funded health sector must, where appropriate, specify measurable outcomes, including outcomes that are culturally specific.

      2. The GPS—

      3. must cover a period of at least 3 consecutive financial years; and
        1. expires on the close of the third consecutive financial year to which it applies.

          1. The Minister must issue the GPS before the start of the first financial year to which it applies.

          2. The Minister must issue the first GPS no later than 2 years after the commencement of this Act.