Catch-up time – are we there yet? (Vote Health is not the enormous sum you may think)

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Catch-up time – are we there yet? (Vote Health is not the enormous sum you may think)

Tim Tenbensel 2022

Tim Tenbensel

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Three per cent more cash is needed in the health system each year "just to stand still"

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Tim Tenbensel scrutinises the Budget in light of recent New Zealand governments’ and other countries’ spending on health

When finance minister Grant Robertson delivered the 2021/22 Budget, more funds were allocated to the health sector than ever before; $24.4 billion for