2011. This Government is proud of the Maori
the Maori and Pasifika achievement under this Government.
My
My question is to the Minister of
District Health Board receive from the Government for mental health and
addiction services support in
response to the Kaikoura
earthquake, after paying off the debt of
Following
Following the Kaikoura earthquake the Government announced a
3.76 million support package for Kaikoura
million to clear the remaining community debt for the new
Kaikoura health centre and a total
of
Canterbury DHB sought a higher amount of funding the support
package was deliberately
for one year only in order to allow
mediate assistance to be delivered while a
longer term,
longer term, wider psycho social response is being considered.
longer term, wider psycho social response is being considered. Isn't
it true that the 845,000 he has just
admitted to was meant to last the
DHB until December 2017 and that
the DHB has
DHB until December 2017 and that the
date previously earmarked for other services like aged
care on providing support as a result of
the Kaikoura
DHB is bulk funded. They have a budget of
DHB is bulk funded. They have a
time of this Government. This was a very carefully
very carefully formulated package. It was consulted with the Canterbury
and Nelson Marlborough DHBs and has
delivered a wide range
of services that I am very happy to take
the member through.
that I am very happy to take the member through. Why did he not
listen to the Canterbury DHB when he
was told in initial advice that
the 845,000 for mental health services
after
after the Kaikoura earthquake would not
after the Kaikoura earthquake would
DHB made a case for a wider package, a greater amount of money. Looking
through their figures they
actually got the figures wrong. They
wanted
million for community service coordinators,
coordinators, which was actually money that was provided
across different portfolios, so there was a
difference between the figures
there but the actual fact is, it is a
package that is
focused on delivering the
delivering the services that are needed. Point of order. I
seek leave to table official advice to the
minister which says his relief
package is deliberately short
term and it is from a briefing dated 2
December 2016 and released under the
Official Information Act. Leave
is sought to table that information, is
there any objection to it
being
tabled. Is the Canterbury DHB funded below the national average for
Canterbury DHB receives a per person amount based on exactly the same
formula as every other DHB. In terms
of the total number that will
reflect the demographics of
the population. It is higher than
some DHBs and lower than others
but it is the same formula and it is fair
right across the country. On top
of that there is
right across the country. On top of
the Government to help the Canterbury DHB through the effects
of the earthquake. That includes
million last year. It was a very straight and short question
as to whether it was funded below the
national average. The
minister answered it. He said it is
higher than some and lower than
others. That is not an answer to that
question. That is very much
an answer to the question. If
the member has further
supplementaries I will hear them. Does he think
it is acceptable that financial pressures
have put the Canterbury DHB in
a position where just last month
40 adult inpatients were ferried
off to a range of locations at night
because there are currently
more adult patients than
beds in
excellent predecessor, MrsKing, was involved in changing the model of
care and it is
a model that I support where we are
not locking everybody up in the hospitals like
we did last century, we
are actually moving people into the community
where they are cared for. I'd
suggest ha the member puts aside
his personal differences with MrsKing,
sits down with her, learns from
her experience and learns how to
handle the portfolio. I don't
think the answer continuing will help the
order of the House. Order!
answer continuing will help the order of the House. Order! Given
anticipated
anticipated demand and given the fact that the chief executive of the
Canterbury DHB says a request
for more funding wasn't unreasonable,
is the minister once again saying that
he knows better than researchers and
practitioners when it comes
to
have already taken the member through that answer. What I
said was there was a difference between what
the Canterbury BHB CE thought
Canterbury BHB should receive but
actually the figures
in that document were wrong. He
million to leer the debt, the bet was
million to leer the debt, the bet
for community support coordinators. That is covered by a
range of workers. I suggest once again he
gets together with MrsKing
and understands
gets together with MrsKing and
this will help the order of the House.
this will help the order of the House. Sglient of order. Point
of order. Given the importance of the
issue I would seek to have this
question deferred until the
minister is able to answer it. The
member is seeking leave to defer this
question to an alternate day, is there any
objection to that
to an alternate day, is there any
Order!
Order! Now, there
coming from both sides that aren't helpful. I invite