17 July 2025
Andrew Riddell
[FYI request #31288 email]
Tēnā koe Andrew
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00090795
Thank you for your email on 12 June 2025, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
following under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the OIA):
“In a press release this morning the Minister of Health announced that Te Whatu Ora "is
partnering with private hospitals to expand surgical capacity across the country. The plan
aims to deliver over 10,579 additional elective procedures by the end of June – a target
now well within reach, with 9,696 procedures completed by the week ending 11 May. Of
those, 8,631 were delivered through outsourcing."
Please provided the following information with respect to additional elective procedures
completed by the week ending 11 May:
•
for each private hospital involved the number and type of these additional elective
procedures provided
•
for each private hospital the total amount paid for these additional elective
procedures provided
•
for each type of elective procedure included in these additional elective procedures,
provide the waiting list by former health board areas (or current equivalent) as it was
on 1 January 2025 and on 12 May 2025.”
Response
For clarity, I wil address each question in turn.
•
for each private hospital involved the number and type of these additional elective
procedures provided
•
for each private hospital the total amount paid for these additional elective
procedures provided
The above two parts of your request are withheld in full under section 9(2)(b)(i ) of the OIA as, if
released, it would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who
supplied or who is the subject of the information.
•
for each type of elective procedure included in these additional elective procedures,
provide the waiting list by former health board areas (or current equivalent) as it was
on 1 January 2025 and on 12 May 2025.
Please refer to the below table which provides the outsource waitlist data from 5 January 2025 to
11 May 2025 as requested.
Table One: The waitlist data from 5 January 2025 to 11 May 2025 by district and speciality.
Week ending 5 Week ending 11
January
May
District
Speciality
Total waitlist
Total waitlist
Counties Manukau
Ophthalmology
2,275
2,163
Counties Manukau
Orthopaedics
1,516
1,607
Northland
Ophthalmology
857
834
Bay of Plenty
General Surgery
379
420
Bay of Plenty
Ophthalmology
409
511
Lakes
Ophthalmology
233
192
Lakes
Orthopaedics
587
493
Tairāwhiti
ORL
99
141
Taranaki
Ophthalmology
592
521
Waikato
Ophthalmology
1053
789
Waikato
Dental
351
417
Waikato
Orthopaedics
904
725
Capital Coast
Ophthalmology
1,173
1,142
Hawke’s Bay
Ophthalmology
426
474
Hawke’s Bay
Dental
235
182
Hutt Valley
General Surgery
464
415
Canterbury
ORL
1,335
1,250
Canterbury
General Surgery
860
819
Nelson Marlborough
Ophthalmology
956
985
Southern
Ophthalmology
675
790
Southern
Orthopaedics
1,462
1,339
West Coast
Ophthalmology
99
116
Please note that this data is a ‘point in time’ extract of live operational data and is used for
operational purposes. It has not been through the full quality assurance process that we use
before publishing data and therefore is subject to change as new operational data comes through
from providers and districts.
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t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
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contact details, will be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Sasha Wood
Head of Government Services
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand
