New Zealand Acts

PAE ORA (HEALTHY FUTURES) ACT 2022 - SECT 46

46 Rural Health Strategy

1 The Minister must prepare and determine a Rural Health Strategy.

2 The purpose of the Rural Health Strategy is to provide a framework to guide health entities in improving health outcomes for rural communities.

3 The Rural Health Strategy must—

a) contain an assessment of the current state of health outcomes of people in rural areas and the performance of the health sector in relation to rural communities; and

b) contain an assessment of the medium and long-term trends that will affect the health of rural communities and health sector performance; and

c) set out priorities for services and health sector improvements relating to the health of rural communities, including workforce development.

4 Subsection (3) does not limit what may be included in the Rural Health Strategy.