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4 October 2024
David Farrer
By email: [FYI request #28369 email]
Ref: H2024052245
Tēnā koe David
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) which was partially
transferred to the Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora (the Ministry) on 23 September 2024 from
the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. You requested data supporting the Nine
Government Targets.
“Your factsheets at https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/our-programmes/government-targets on the
nine Government Targets have charts showing historical information for each target.
Can I have the data that each chart is based on please.”
The Ministry of Health can provide data for targets 1 (shorter stays in emergency departments)
and 2 (shorter wait times for treatment). Please find the requested data overleaf. The data for
both targets is split into three categories:
• historical – results from before the establishment of the Government Targets,
• actual - the results as reported for each target,
• estimated - annual milestones set for the end of each financial year.
You should note that the data included in these tables is taken from the National Collections
databases (National Non-Admit ed Patient Collection and National Booking Reporting System
respectively) at a given time. These results may therefore dif er from other publications as the
collections are considered dynamic databases that can change as information is submitted or
changed.
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Nāku noa, nā
Kirsten Stephenson
Group Manager
Health System Monitoring
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Table 1: Proportion of patients to be admitted, discharged, or transferred from an
emergency department within six hours.
Shorter Stays in Emergency
Date
Department (SSED)
Historical
Actual
Estimated
Mar-15
92.9%
Jun-15
93.2%
Sep-15
90.7%
Dec-15
92.4%
Mar-16
92.4%
Jun-16
92.3%
Sep-16
91.5%
Dec-16
92.4%
Mar-17
92.2%
Jun-17
90.9%
Sep-17
89.2%
Dec-17
91.6%
Mar-18
89.7%
Jun-18
89.7%
Sep-18
87.1%
Dec-18
88.2%
Mar-19
88.5%
Jun-19
86.3%
Sep-19
83.4%
Dec-19
85.0%
Mar-20
86.9%
Jun-20
89.7%
Sep-20
86.0%
Dec-20
84.6%
Mar-21
83.0%
Jun-21
81.9%
Sep-21
79.8%
Dec-21
79.6%
Mar-22
78.3%
Jun-22
76.0%
Sep-22
72.3%
Dec-22
71.8%
Mar-23
71.9%
Jun-23
71.2%
Sep-23
67.7%
Dec-23
69.8%
Mar-24
70.0%
Jun-25
74.0%
Jun-26
77.0%
Jun-27
80.0%
Jun-30
95.0%
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Table 2: Percent of patients waiting less than four months for elective treatment.
Date
Elective treatment
Historical
Actual
Estimated
Mar-15
98.9%
Jun-15
99.3%
Sep-15
99.4%
Dec-15
98.7%
Mar-16
98.1%
Jun-16
99.2%
Sep-16
98.5%
Dec-16
97.8%
Mar-17
98.0%
Jun-17
97.9%
Sep-17
97.3%
Dec-17
96.3%
Mar-18
94.1%
Jun-18
95.1%
Sep-18
94.0%
Dec-18
92.2%
Mar-19
88.0%
Jun-19
89.6%
Sep-19
89.1%
Dec-19
86.2%
Mar-20
80.1%
Jun-20
68.6%
Sep-20
84.3%
Dec-20
81.3%
Mar-21
76.5%
Jun-21
78.1%
Sep-21
68.2%
Dec-21
63.5%
Mar-22
60.7%
Jun-22
60.7%
Sep-22
62.0%
Dec-22
58.6%
Mar-23
55.8%
Jun-23
62.8%
Sep-23
61.8%
Dec-23
60.7%
Mar-24
56.6%
Jun-25
63.0%
Jun-26
67.0%
Jun-27
71.0%
Jun-30
95.0%
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