Claire Dale: A looming crisis means New Zealand must rethink how it pays for aged care

The recent submissions to parliament’s Health Select Committee makes one thing clear: a crisis looms for the aged care sector in New Zealand.

This crisis centres on the funding and staffing of residential aged care (ARC) and in-home care and support services.

Point of Order: Covid research is funded and we get progress reports on housing-related policies (but don’t ask about the KiwiBuild target)

Health and housing are among the issues tackled on the Beehive website today.

Mind you, on the health front the government has focused some of its efforts on sexual and reproductive health in the Pacific, providing “new support” for access to contraceptives, family planning and other sexual and reproductive health services.

This (involving an investment of “a further NZ$30 million”) was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs during a visit to Port Moresby.