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Budget 2023 - Health
26th May 23, 10:06am
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This table outlines the New Zealand Government's planned health spending for the 2023/24 budget year.
Actual spending for the previous five years is on the left.
The numbers are are drawn together from the Vote Health Links. 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.
Figures for each allocation are in millions of NZ$. Due to the new health reforms, the allocation by DHB is no longer available.
| Actual 2018/19 | Actual 2019/20 | Actual 2020/21 | Actual 2021/22 | Estimate 2022/23 | Budget 2023/24 | % | |
| NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | ||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 0.0 | Health Services Funding | 0.0 | 0% |
| 325.7 | 558.8 | 240.0 | 280.0 | 0.0 | Equity Support for DHB deficits & Capital projects | 0.0 | 0% |
| 92.4 | 105.5 | 109.2 | 120.8 | 0.0 | Child Health Services | 0.0 | 0% |
| 120.3 | 156.0 | 169.6 | 185.2 | 0.0 | Emergency Services | 0.0 | 0% |
| 180.6 | 192.1 | 217.1 | 236.0 | 0.0 | Maternity Services | 0.0 | 0% |
| 76.7 | 132.3 | 191.2 | 241.1 | 0.0 | Mental Health Services | 0.0 | 0% |
| 184.7 | 205.3 | 196.3 | 208.5 | 0.0 | Health Workforce Training and Development | 0.0 | 0% |
| 357.0 | 374.0 | 466.5 | 532.1 | 0.0 | Planned Care Services | 0.0 | 0% |
| 1,358.4 | 1,598.9 | 1,658.9 | 1,908.7 | 0.0 | National Disability Support Services | 0.0 | 0% |
| 221.8 | 240.6 | 320.1 | 448.4 | 0.0 | IT, Policy, Regulatory, Payment & Planning Services | 0.0 | 0% |
| 390.2 | 811.1 | 938.7 | 484.6 | 0.0 | Public Health Service Purchasing | 0.0 | 0% |
| 1,541.5 | 1,655.3 | 1,734.5 | 1,871.3 | 0.0 | Waitematā DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 603.9 | 646.5 | 706.9 | 781.2 | 0.0 | Northland DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 327.6 | 351.1 | 382.8 | 422.3 | 0.0 | Lakes DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 1,206.3 | 1,296.2 | 1,405.0 | 1,526.0 | 0.0 | Waikato DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 1,330.2 | 1,425.1 | 1,490.1 | 1,617.7 | 0.0 | Auckland DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 349.8 | 371.9 | 401.1 | 427.0 | 0.0 | Taranaki DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 166.2 | 175.6 | 191.2 | 207.4 | 0.0 | Tairāwhiti DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 729.0 | 784.0 | 856.6 | 935.4 | 0.0 | Bay of Plenty DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 515.4 | 556.7 | 605.9 | 646.6 | 0.0 | MidCentral DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 226.8 | 241.4 | 263.5 | 282.9 | 0.0 | Whanganui DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 501.1 | 539.0 | 588.1 | 645.5 | 0.0 | Hawkes Bay DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 140.6 | 153.6 | 167.7 | 182.8 | 0.0 | Wairarapa DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 778.5 | 834.4 | 876.1 | 943.4 | 0.0 | Capital and Coast DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 401.8 | 425.9 | 457.9 | 485.8 | 0.0 | Hutt DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 1,432.0 | 1,556.2 | 1,648.6 | 1,772.3 | 0.0 | Canterbury DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 132.0 | 139.2 | 154.9 | 166.8 | 0.0 | West Coast DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 442.1 | 476.8 | 518.9 | 561.8 | 0.0 | Nelson-Marlborough DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 182.4 | 195.8 | 207.3 | 219.1 | 0.0 | South Canterbury DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 1,447.1 | 1,557.4 | 1,649.8 | 1,806.9 | 0.0 | Counties-Manukau DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 884.0 | 953.2 | 1,035.2 | 1,107.9 | 0.0 | Southern DHB | 0.0 | 0% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 360.0 | 2,473.7 | 1609.0 | National Response to COVID-19 Across the Health Sector | 0.0 | 0% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | Aged Care Commissioner | 2.0 | 0% |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 9.7 | International Health Organisations | 2.2 | 0% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.2 | Capital Investment | 10.8 | 0% |
| 15.9 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 23.0 | Problem Gambling Services | 26.0 | 0% |
| 609.4 | 247.0 | 102.9 | 130.4 | 66.5 | Capital Expenditure, Operating, Monitoring, Payments & Legal Expenses | 62.4 | 0% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.0 | Standby Credit to Support Health System Liquidity | 200.0 | 1% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.4 | 86.3 | New Dunedin Hospital 2021-2026 | 208.0 | 1% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 252.3 | Stewardship of the New Zealand health system | 237.8 | 1% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 145.8 | 1,563.3 | 1,188.7 | Implementing the COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy | 295.1 | 1% |
| 3.1 | 17.1 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 217.6 | Maori Health Services | 615.5 | 2% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 966.2 | 425.0 | 967.7 | Health Capital Envelope | 989.5 | 4% |
| 23.5 | 23.5 | 30.3 | 25.5 | 1,215.3 | Management of Pharmaceuticals | 1,339.4 | 5% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Remediation and resolution of Holidays Act 2003 historical claims | 1,642.3 | 7% |
| 368.7 | 469.2 | 439.9 | 487.2 | 8,248.0 | Delivering Primary, Community, Public & Population Health Services | 8,158.4 | 32% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13,113.9 | Centralised Hospital and Specialist Services | 12,720.4 | 51% |
| 17,669 | 19,486 | 21,943 | 26,440 | 27,235 | Total Spending | 26,510 | 105% |
| Less: Recoveries | |||||||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.9 | 0.0 | 55.2 | Miscellaneous | 0.0 | 0% |
| 12.1 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 7.9 | ACC - Reimbursement of Self-Employed Public Hospital Costs | 12.5 | 0% |
| 6.4 | 21.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.9 | ACC - Reimbursement of Complex Burns Costs | 8.4 | 0% |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | Payment of Capital Charge by DHBs | 4.8 | 0% |
| 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 4.4 | Equity repayments by DHBs | 10.1 | 0% |
| 333.5 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 9.1 | ACC - Reimbursement of Work-Related Public Hospital Costs | 521.8 | 2% |
| 328.6 | 346.1 | 367.3 | 416.1 | 459.9 | ACC - Reimbursement of Medical Misadventure Costs | 510.5 | 2% |
| 106.4 | 112.1 | 121.3 | 134.8 | 148.9 | ACC - Reimbursement of Earners' Non-Work-Related Public Hospital Costs | 165.3 | 1% |
| 27.8 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 22.6 | 4.9 | ACC - Reimbursement of Non-Earners Account | 43.2 | 0% |
| 27.8 | 54.3 | 18.8 | 65.3 | 4.9 | Repayment of Residential Care Loans | 8.4 | 0% |
| 51.5 | 54.3 | 58.7 | 65.3 | 72.1 | ACC - Reimbursement of Motor Vehicle-Related Public Hospital Costs | 80.1 | 0% |
| 904 | 618 | 640 | 744 | 780 | Total Recoveries | 1,365.2 | 5% |
| 16,765 | 18,868 | 21,344 | 23,649 | 24,847 | Net Health | 25,145 | 100% |
Source: https://www.budget.govt.nz/budget/2023/data-library.htm#forecasts
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