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A Health System We Can All Trust

 

Labour has delivered on its commitments to invest in our health system.

Since 1999 we have made a priority of investing in primary health care, new hospitals, the prevention of disease and investment in doctor's and nurses:

  • Reducing the cost of seeing a doctor for patients in Primary Health Care organisations, and lowering prescription costs to $3;

  • B4 school health checks for children starting school are being rolled out this year to catch problems which may hinder learning;

  • Screening for breast cancer has been expanded and the campaign to fight obesity is advancing;

  • We have rebuilt 33 new or upgraded hospitals, invested in 1200 more doctors and more than 4000 extra nurses and increased funding for elective surgery each year;

  • Labour has rebuilt neglected hospitals, invested in doctors and nurses and increased funding for elective surgery.

Our health sector is focusing on 10 priority areas. They will give us a focus for action - enabling us to go harder and faster in our goal to improve the health outcomes for all New Zealanders.

Click here to see Labour's Health Targets.

And outcomes are improving. Abandoned to market forces and starved of investment during the 1990s, health outcomes for many New Zealanders worsened. Recent results from the largest-ever survey of New Zealanders' health shows most people believe they are in good health and have excellent access to health care services. Reducing the cost of seeing your doctor and lowering the cost of picking up prescription matters to kiwis and Labour has delivered.

More Information:
The 2006/2007 New Zealand Health Survey.

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