2026 MoH - Cabinet Paper - Establishing a Work Programme to Improve Health Outcomes for Older People
2026 MoH
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June 2026
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Cabinet paper setting out the Government's modernised health work programme for older people, addressing hospital discharge pressures, intermediate care models, dementia care pathway investment, and funding sustainability for aged residential care.
Key Points
- •Outlines Ministerial priorities for modernising aged care funding and service models.
- •Establishes transitions between acute hospital care, community rehabilitation, and residential care.
- •Focuses on workforce retention, caregiver pay equity framework responses, and interRAI data integration.
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Cabinet paper setting out the Government's modernised health work programme for older people, addressing hospital discharge pressures, intermediate care models, dementia care pathway investment, and funding sustainability for aged residential care.
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