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Budget 2024 - Health
7th Jun 24, 10:02am
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This table outlines the New Zealand Government's planned health spending for the 2024/25 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$. Due to the new health reforms, the allocation by DHB is no longer available.
| Actual 2019/20 | Actual 2020/21 | Actual 2021/22 | Actual 2022/23 | Estimate 2023/24 | Budget 2024/25 | % | |
| NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | ||
| 0.0 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Health Services Funding | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 105.5 | 109.2 | 120.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Child Health Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 139.2 | 154.9 | 166.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | West Coast DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 153.6 | 167.7 | 182.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Wairarapa DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 156.0 | 169.6 | 185.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Emergency Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 175.6 | 191.2 | 207.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Tairāwhiti DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 195.8 | 207.3 | 219.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | South Canterbury DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 192.1 | 217.1 | 236.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Maternity Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 132.3 | 191.2 | 241.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mental Health Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 205.3 | 196.3 | 271.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Health Workforce Training and Development | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 558.8 | 240.0 | 280.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Equity Support for DHB deficits & Capital projects | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 241.4 | 263.5 | 282.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Whanganui DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 351.1 | 382.8 | 422.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Lakes DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 371.9 | 401.1 | 427.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Taranaki DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 811.1 | 938.7 | 484.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Public Health Service Purchasing | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 425.9 | 457.9 | 485.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hutt DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 374.0 | 466.5 | 532.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned Care Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 476.8 | 518.9 | 561.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Nelson-Marlborough DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 539.0 | 588.1 | 645.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hawkes Bay DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 556.7 | 605.9 | 646.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | MidCentral DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 646.5 | 706.9 | 781.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Northland DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 784.0 | 856.6 | 935.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Bay of Plenty DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 834.4 | 876.1 | 943.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Capital and Coast DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 953.2 | 1,035.2 | 1,107.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Southern DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 1,296.2 | 1,405.0 | 1,526.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Waikato DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 1,424.5 | 1,490.1 | 1,617.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Auckland DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 1,556.2 | 1,648.6 | 1,772.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Canterbury DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 1,557.4 | 1,649.8 | 1,806.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Counties-Manukau DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 1,655.3 | 1,734.5 | 1,871.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Waitematā DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.2 | 10.9 | Capital Investment | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 145.8 | 1,563.3 | 903.9 | 105.3 | Implementing the COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 360.0 | 2,473.7 | 1,180.8 | 211.0 | National Response to COVID-19 Across the Health Sector | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | Aged Care Commissioner | 2.1 | 0.0% |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | International Health Organisations | 2.2 | 0.0% |
| 17.1 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 20.4 | 28.0 | Problem Gambling Services | 24.6 | 0.1% |
| 1,625.3 | 1,658.9 | 1,944.2 | 39.3 | 41.1 | National Disability Support Services | 36.7 | 0.1% |
| 931.1 | 423.0 | 518.2 | 23.3 | 36.6 | Capital Expenditure, Operating, Monitoring, Payments & Legal Expenses | 37.8 | 0.1% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 200.0 | Standby Credit to Support Health System Liquidity | 200.0 | 0.7% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 228.7 | 279.3 | Stewardship of the New Zealand health system | 228.6 | 0.8% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.4 | 62.6 | 156.9 | New Dunedin Hospital 2021-2026 | 292.3 | 1.0% |
| 17.1 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 217.6 | 704.1 | Delivering hauora Māori services | 749.4 | 2.5% |
| 0.0 | 966.2 | 425.0 | 1,591.6 | 950.0 | Health Capital Envelope | 1,090.4 | 3.7% |
| 23.5 | 30.3 | 25.5 | 1,215.3 | 1,836.1 | Management of Pharmaceuticals | 1,611.1 | 5.4% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 284.0 | Remediation and resolution of Holidays Act 2003 historical claims | 1,663.2 | 5.6% |
| 0.0 | 439.9 | 449.6 | 8,199.2 | 8,668.1 | Delivering Primary, Community, Public & Population Health Services | 9,087.5 | 30.7% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12,917.2 | 14,381.8 | Delivering Hospital and Specialist Services | 14,610.9 | 49.3% |
| 19,486 | 21,943 | 26,440 | 26,628 | 27,898 | Total Spending | 29,637 | 100.0% |
| Less: Recoveries | |||||||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 10.5 | Alcohol Levy | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 18.8 | 22.6 | 10.8 | 0.0 | Miscellaneous | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.9 | ACC - Reimbursement of Medical Misadventure Costs | 5.4 | 0.0% |
| 21.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.4 | ACC - Reimbursement of Complex Burns Costs | 9.0 | 0.0% |
| 6.8 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 10.2 | ACC - Reimbursement of Self-Employed Public Hospital Costs | 11.3 | 0.0% |
| 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 12.5 | Equity repayments by DHBs | 12.5 | 0.0% |
| 13.6 | 16.9 | 14.1 | 15.1 | 32.0 | Repayment of Residential Care Loans | 35.0 | 0.1% |
| 29.3 | 31.7 | 35.2 | 39.6 | 44.0 | ACC - Reimbursement of Work-Related Public Hospital Costs | 48.6 | 0.2% |
| 54.3 | 58.7 | 65.3 | 73.4 | 81.5 | ACC - Reimbursement of Motor Vehicle-Related Public Hospital Costs | 90.1 | 0.3% |
| 112.1 | 121.3 | 134.8 | 151.6 | 168.3 | ACC - Reimbursement of Earners' Non-Work-Related Public Hospital Costs | 186.0 | 0.7% |
| 346.1 | 367.3 | 416.1 | 468.2 | 519.8 | ACC - Reimbursement of Non-Earners Account | 574.4 | 2.0% |
| 302.3 | 249.6 | 304.9 | 429.5 | 576.4 | Payment of Capital Charge by DHBs | 576.4 | 2.1% |
| 901.5 | 895.3 | 1,024.9 | 1,222.8 | 1,468.6 | Total Recoveries | 1,548.7 | 5.5% |
| 18,584 | 21,048 | 25,415 | 25,405 | 26,430 | Net Health | 28,088 | 100% |
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Sources: You can download the data behind these tables from the NZ Government website here.
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