Hawke's Bay DHB chief executive Kevin Snee said the extra elective surgery funding was welcome. Photo / Paul Taylor
The Hawke's Bay District Health Board has welcomed funding in the Budget for more elective surgery, which it says is good news for the region.
The Government said it had allocated $98 million across the country to provide more New Zealanders with "timely elective surgery" and to improve the prevention
and treatment of orthopaedic conditions.
Hawke's Bay DHB chief executive Kevin Snee said the extra elective surgery funding was welcome.
"The extra funding and the Operation Productivity programme we have in place will mean we are able to offer more elective surgery to more people. That can only be good news for people in Hawke's Bay," Dr Snee said.
The DHB's palliative care clinical director, Carol McAllum, welcomed an extra $76.1 million over four years to fund hospice and palliative care services nationally.
