2026 MP Profile - Uffindell, Sam - National
2026 MP Profile
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Sector body
June 2026
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New Zealand
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Short Answer
Aged Care Providers: Committee scrutiny of aged care funding and regulation affects business environment.
Key Points
- •Health Funding (Budget) Bills: Budget scrutiny — aged care, hospital, and primary care funding for seniors.
- •Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Amendment Bills: Health system legislation — committee scrutiny under Uffindell's chairmanship.
- •Therapeutic Products Act: Medicine and medical device regulation affecting older patients.
- •Pharmac Funding Bills: Medicine access for older people.
- •End of Life Choice Act (Implementation): Ongoing committee oversight.
- •Smoke-free Environments Act: Tobacco regulation affecting older smokers.
Full Summary & Notes
- Chair, Health Select Committee - National MP, Tauranga - Aged Care Providers: Committee scrutiny of aged care funding and regulation affects business environment. - Pharmaceutical Companies: Pharmac decisions and medicine access under committee oversight. - Private Hospitals: Elective surgery contracts and waiting list management. - Primary Care / GP Practices: Capitation funding and practice viability. - Dementia Care Operators: Specialist dementia unit funding and regulation. - Bay of Plenty Health Providers: Local health services in Uffindell's electorate. - Parliament.nz — MP profile, Health Committee page (Radware-blocked) - Beehive.govt.nz — Health portfolio announcements - Health Select Committee — Reports, annual reviews, inquiry reports - Health NZ / Ministry of Health — Health data, aged care funding - New Zealand National Party — Health policy - Official Hansard — Health Committee debates, Question Time - Bay of Plenty Times, NZ Herald — Tauranga health issues coverage
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