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Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022

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

36: Content of GPS

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"What the Government wants to achieve in healthcare"

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The Government Policy Statement (GPS) is like a plan for the health sector. You will find the Government's priorities and objectives for the publicly funded health sector in the GPS. The GPS also explains how health entities should meet these priorities and objectives. The GPS includes the Government's priorities for improving health outcomes for different groups, such as Māori, Pacific peoples, disabled people, women, and rural communities. It also has a framework for monitoring progress and reporting requirements. The Minister can add other relevant matters to the GPS, but it cannot force health entities to approve or decline funding for specific products, services, or providers, as amended by the Pae Ora (Disestablishment of Māori Health Authority) Amendment Act 2024.

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Key health documents: Government Policy Statement on Health

36Content of GPS

  1. The GPS must include the following:

  2. the Government’s priorities and objectives for the publicly funded health sector:
    1. how the Government expects health entities to meet the Government’s priorities and objectives for the publicly funded health sector:
      1. the Government’s priorities for engaging with, and improving health outcomes for, Māori:
        1. the Government’s priorities for improving health outcomes for Pacific peoples, disabled people, women, rural communities, and other populations:
          1. a framework for regular monitoring of progress and reporting requirements.

            1. The GPS may include any other matters the Minister considers relevant.

            2. To avoid doubt, the GPS may not impose an obligation on any health entity to approve or decline funding for a particular product, service, or provider.

            Notes
            • Section 36(1)(d): amended, on , by section 20 of the Pae Ora (Disestablishment of Māori Health Authority) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 5).