Faster cancer treatment: % treated within 31 days of the decision to treat was 87.0% in Jun 2026 qtr, up 0.7 points on a year earlier.
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Source: Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.
| Period | Faster cancer treatment: % treated within 31 days of the decision to treat (%) | Childhood immunisation: % fully immunised at 24 months (%) | Emergency departments: % admitted, discharged or transferred within 6 hours (%) | First specialist assessment: % waiting less than 4 months (%) | Elective treatment: % waiting less than 4 months (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 qtr | 87.0% | 83.7% | 76.3% | 66.1% | 72.6% |
| Jun 2025 qtr | 86.3% | 82.0% | 73.9% | 62.0% | 63.9% |
| Jun 2024 qtr | 84.2% | 76.5% | 71.2% | 61.5% | 63.5% |
| Jun 2023 qtr | 84.2% | 77.0% | 71.1% | 69.6% | 63.4% |
| Jun 2022 qtr | 86.9% | 74.3% | 75.9% | 74.5% | 61.0% |
| Jun 2021 qtr | 86.3% | 85.4% | 81.9% | 86.6% | 78.1% |
| Jun 2020 qtr | 90.2% | 91.4% | 89.6% | 74.8% | 68.6% |
| Jun 2019 qtr | 86.2% | 90.8% | 86.2% | 89.8% | 89.6% |
| Jun 2018 qtr | 88.6% | 91.9% | 89.5% | 97.8% | 95.1% |
| Jun 2017 qtr | 90.1% | 93.4% | 90.8% | 99.4% | 97.9% |
Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora.
Results for the five government health targets in the April–June quarter of each year for the last decade: faster cancer treatment, childhood immunisation, emergency department stays under six hours, first specialist assessment within four months, and elective treatment within four months.
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| Period | Faster cancer treatment: % treated within 31 days of the decision to treat | Childhood immunisation: % fully immunised at 24 months | Emergency departments: % admitted, discharged or transferred within 6 hours | First specialist assessment: % waiting less than 4 months | Elective treatment: % waiting less than 4 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 qtr | 87.0% | 83.7% | 76.3% | 66.1% | 72.6% |
| Jun 2025 qtr | 86.3% | 82.0% | 73.9% | 62.0% | 63.9% |
| Jun 2024 qtr | 84.2% | 76.5% | 71.2% | 61.5% | 63.5% |
| Jun 2023 qtr | 84.2% | 77.0% | 71.1% | 69.6% | 63.4% |
| Jun 2022 qtr | 86.9% | 74.3% | 75.9% | 74.5% | 61.0% |
| Jun 2021 qtr | 86.3% | 85.4% | 81.9% | 86.6% | 78.1% |
| Jun 2020 qtr | 90.2% | 91.4% | 89.6% | 74.8% | 68.6% |
| Jun 2019 qtr | 86.2% | 90.8% | 86.2% | 89.8% | 89.6% |
| Jun 2018 qtr | 88.6% | 91.9% | 89.5% | 97.8% | 95.1% |
| Jun 2017 qtr | 90.1% | 93.4% | 90.8% | 99.4% | 97.9% |
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The attached CSV is Health targets: cancer treatment, immunisation, ED and waiting times (health-targets), from Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Health targets: 10 years of quarter four results. Describe how each measure has changed, naming its unit and period. Treat changes in basis and missing periods as breaks. Distinguish observation from explanation. Limitations: One quarter per year (April–June), so seasonal effects are held constant but within-year changes are not shown. Childhood immunisation figures changed source in 2021/22 (National Immunisation Register to the Aotearoa Immunisation Register), which counts more eligible children; the drop partly reflects that. COVID-19 disrupted hospital services in 2020–2022; waiting-time results for those years reflect that disruption. Point-in-time snapshots as first published; they can differ from other Health NZ statistics.. Do not infer causation from changes during government terms.
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