Elective Boost Delivers Over 9,500 Additional Procedures So Far

Elective Boost Delivers Over 9,500 Additional Procedures So Far

“This is what putting patients first looks like. We are focused on increasing delivery of elective treatments – across both public and private hospitals – to reduce wait times for Kiwis needing procedures like hip replacements or cataract surgery,” ...

'Strains on staff': elective surgery results revealed in public hospitals

Elective surgery waitlist and ED data revealed in Hunter New England as the BHI report shows how hospitals and health district fared. Tracey McCosker comments.

Elective boost delivers over 9,500 additional procedures so far

More than 9,500 additional procedures have now been delivered as part of the Government’s elective boost, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.  “This is what putting patients first looks like. We are focused on increasing delivery of elective treatments – across both public and private hospitals – to reduce wait times for Kiwis needing procedures like hip replacements or cataract surgery,” Mr Brown says. Through this initiative, Health New Zealand…

Elective surgery wait list continues to climb

THE Bureau of Health Information (BHI) yesterday released its latest Healthcare Quarterly report, showing activity and performance for public health services in NSW during January to March 2025. In the first three months of 2025, there were 52,973 elective surgeries performed in NSW public hospitals, up 3.6 per cent compared with the same quarter in 2024. Despite this increase, at the end of March, there were 100,678 patients on the elective sur…