Submission on learning from the New Zealand healthcare system to the Health & Social Care

Commission of Labour’s National Policy Forum

Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(1) show that New
Zealand spends less per capita on health at $3,590 than the UK at $4,003. OECD data and
anecdotes suggest that New Zealand healthcare is at least as good as, if not better than, the UK.

I would like to submit a proposal for the Party to investigate whether any lessons from the New
Zealand healthcare system can be learnt and applied to the National Health Service, possibly with
the assistance of the New Zealand Labour Party.

(1) https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm#indicator-chart