Waikato District Health Board

Can he confirm that in Waikato his Government has cut staff by 90 full-time equivalent nurses over the past year?

Well, Mr Speaker, I want to point out the most recent quarterly data on emergency department data, which shows that improvements at the Waikato District Health Board, 69.3%, up to 73.8% of patients seen within six hours at that hospital.

Shorter wait times for elective treatment, from 74.2% seen within four months, up to 80.6% above the milestone.

That is thanks to the hard-working frontline staff at Waikato Hospital.