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Health NZ to Deliver 75,000 Diagnostic Procedures This Year
9/25/2025
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Story summary
- Health NZ will deliver 75,000 diagnostic procedures this year under a $65 million program announced by Health Minister Simeon Brown.
- Funding comes from outsourcing efficiencies across four regions and a pool for health targets.
- About 40,000 New Zealanders wait too long for tests.
- The plan includes 64,000 radiology procedures, 7,100 colonoscopies, 2,200 cardiac tests, and 1,650 colposcopies.
