Luxon aims to extend private sector's role in healthcare

Aaron Hockley (right) speaks at the opening of a new wing at Ormiston Hospital with Christopher Luxon, Shane Reti and Judith Collins as guests. (Image: Dileepa Fonseka/BusinessDesk)

Dileepa Fonseka

Tue, 08 Oct 2024

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon wants to make it easier for the public healthcare system to outsource some of its work to private providers. “We’ve had a history of outsourcing the delivery of those procedures by outsourcing into the private system,” Luxon told reporters at the opening of the privately owned Ormiston Hospital on Friday. “So what we’re saying is, look, we’ve got capacity in the New Zealand healthcare system, we’ve got major challenges around waitlist times and we are very ope...

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