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Health Targets

Quarterly Reports
Reducing the Percentage of the Health Budget Spent on the Ministry of Health Target


A summary from the target champion on the national progress towards this target and graph is provided below:

07/08 Target Achievement


The spend in 2007/08 was $210 million or 1.95% – the same as the year before when adjusted for unplanned increases against a planned target of 1.85%.

In 2007/08, 1.95% of the Health Budget was spent on the Ministry of Health – a 0.09% increase on the previous year and within the fluctuations predicted when the three-year target was set.

The Ministry had originally anticipated that the Medsafe Business unit would become part of a new Joint Tasman Therapeutics Agency – that was deferred. That would have reduced spend to 1.86%, the same as the previous year. The budget allocation for Ministry spending in 2007/08 was $215 million. Total Departmental expenditure was $210 million with Medsafe accounting for $10 million. The balance was returned to the Crown for re-investment in Health services.

In addition, there has been significantly more funding to update national IT systems that support the sector, B4 School checks and the continuing roll-out of major government programmes such as HEHA and implementing the Primary Health Care Strategy.

New initiatives for the health sector in 2008/09 will increase overall Ministry expenditure, although the total as a percentage of the total Health budget is expected to reduce to 1.82%. The Ministry is progressing through a change programme with anticipated efficiencies in 2009/10.


Percentage of the Health Budget spent on the Ministry of Health


Graph of the percentage of the health budget spent on the Ministry of Health.
Page last updated: 17 October 2008


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