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Budget 2019 - Health

Budget 2019 - Health

This table outlines the New Zealand Government's planned health spending for the 2019/20 budget year.

Actual spending for the previous four years is on the left.

The numbers are are drawn together from the Vote Health Links to the primary sources used, from Treasury's website, can be found at the bottom of the page.

Please note that some of the allocation titles have been shortened for the sake of space. Also the Food Safety component included in previous budget totals is no longer included under the heading of Health.

Figures for each allocation are in millions of NZ$.

Actual 2014/2015 Actual 2015/2016 Actual 2016/2017 Actual 2017/2018 Actual 2018/2019   Estimate 2019/2020 %
NZ$m NZ$m NZ$m NZ$m NZ$m   NZ$m  
           0.6            1.0            1.0            2.0            3.4 Legal Expenses            1.0 0.01
           1.5            1.6            1.7            1.8            2.0 International Health Organisations            2.0 0.01
           4.2            4.1            3.0            2.1            6.8 National Maori Health Services            6.8 0.03
         13.9          10.5            4.4            4.7            5.2 National Health Information Systems            8.4 0.04
         10.5          10.7          10.4          12.9          15.0 Residential Care Loans - Payments          15.0 0.08
         12.8          11.5          10.7            7.2          16.5 Ministry of Health - Capital Expenditure          16.0 0.08
         17.9          17.9          18.4          15.8          15.3 Payment Services          17.3 0.09
         15.7          18.2          14.9          16.0          15.3 Problem Gambling Services          18.7 0.09
         21.2          24.5          25.9          24.9          23.5 National Contracted Services - Other          23.5 0.12
            -               -               -               -               -   Health Services Funding          23.7 0.12
         22.9          22.7          22.0          24.8          23.0 Regulatory and Enforcement Services          24.6 0.12
         20.9          20.7          20.5          20.6          24.9 Policy Advice and Ministerial Servicing          26.9 0.14
         27.6          27.5          28.6          29.8          29.5 Monitoring and Protecting Health and Disability Consumer Interests          31.5 0.16
       109.8        152.5        156.3        233.4        213.9 Health Sector Projects          40.6 0.20
         31.3          31.8          34.1          43.4          47.4 Managing the Purchase of Services          42.4 0.21
         24.4          22.7          23.8          18.4          21.3 Provider Development          43.4 0.22
         49.9          47.1          48.0          48.5          52.4 Sector Planning and Performance          51.0 0.26
         50.3          50.1          53.5          52.8          49.3 Health Sector Information Systems          58.6 0.29
         84.7        105.6          82.0          79.2          70.8 National Personal Health Services          67.0 0.34
         82.5          83.6          81.8          82.2          93.3 National Child Health Services        113.0 0.57
         13.5          14.0          37.7          69.3        234.2 Equity Support for DHB deficits        134.2 0.68
       119.6        121.9        124.5        128.1        133.9 Health and Disability Support Services - West Coast DHB        137.7 0.69
         45.6          53.1          64.8          65.1          77.7 National Mental Health Services        141.3 0.71
       122.5        128.2        130.9        135.2        140.7 Health and Disability Support Services - Wairarapa DHB        149.1 0.75
         97.1          95.5        101.0        108.2        120.3 National Emergency Services        150.3 0.76
       144.3        147.1        154.0        160.7        166.2 Health and Disability Support Services - Tairawhiti DHB        172.0 0.87
       143.8        144.6        154.0        166.5        181.1 National Maternity Services        188.5 0.95
       164.6        167.8        171.5        177.0        182.4 Health and Disability Support Services - South Canterbury DHB        190.1 0.96
       176.6        176.3        184.7        186.6        187.1 Health Workforce Training and Development        211.6 1.07
       202.3        206.5        210.6        218.6        226.9 Health and Disability Support Services - Whanganui DHB        234.3 1.18
       154.9        179.6        185.4        192.5        264.6 Primary Health Care Strategy        330.5 1.66
       278.3        284.8        298.5        314.7        327.6 Health and Disability Support Services - Lakes DHB        340.4 1.71
       304.2        318.6        324.7        335.7        349.8 Health and Disability Support Services - Taranaki DHB        362.1 1.82
       290.0        323.2        350.6        354.1        362.4 National Planned Care Services        396.1 1.99
            -               -               -          299.3        377.4 Supporting Equitable Pay        413.6 2.08
       357.8        365.3        373.0        384.9        401.8 Health and Disability Support Services - Hutt DHB        416.8 2.10
       396.6        372.1        386.1        364.3        392.6 Public Health Service Purchasing        440.3 2.22
       378.2        394.7        403.4        418.4        442.1 Health and Disability Support Services - Nelson-Marlborough DHB        462.2 2.33
       435.5        457.1        470.2        482.4        501.1 Health and Disability Support Services - Hawkes Bay DHB        524.2 2.64
       458.0        467.3        482.8        494.3        515.4 Health and Disability Support Services - MidCentral DHB        540.8 2.72
       487.9        511.8        536.6        564.3        603.9 Health and Disability Support Services - Northland DHB        632.1 3.18
       614.4        638.1        664.9        694.7        729.0 Health and Disability Support Services - Bay of Plenty DHB        762.4 3.84
       678.8        690.9        702.7        735.6        778.5 Health and Disability Support Services - Capital and Coast DHB        817.7 4.12
       776.5        791.7        818.6        846.4        884.0 Health and Disability Support Services - Southern DHB        926.8 4.66
     1,002.4      1,042.7      1,088.8      1,150.5      1,206.3 Health and Disability Support Services - Waikato DHB      1,262.9 6.36
     1,126.1      1,167.5      1,188.0      1,255.5      1,351.7 National Disability Support Services      1,344.6 6.77
     1,092.3      1,118.3      1,195.3      1,252.1      1,330.2 Health and Disability Support Services - Auckland DHB      1,391.5 7.00
         15.9          41.0      2,539.5          25.8        148.8 Equity for Capital Projects for DHBs and Health Sector Crown Agencies      1,507.5 7.59
     1,268.4      1,314.5      1,330.2      1,378.2      1,434.4 Health and Disability Support Services - Canterbury DHB      1,510.7 7.60
     1,246.4      1,274.3      1,321.7      1,375.7      1,447.1 Health and Disability Support Services - Counties-Manukau DHB      1,524.4 7.67
     1,311.8      1,349.3      1,391.7      1,464.5      1,541.5 Health and Disability Support Services - Waitemata DHB      1,622.1 8.16
   15,033.7    15,279.8    18,395.0    16,524.8    17,809.8 Grand Total    19,870.6 100.00

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Sources:

https://treasury.govt.nz/publications/ise/budget-2019-data-estimates-ap…

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