Health NZ said because of the report, it had built targeted mitigations into its plans for change. In April last year, Health NZ confirmed sweeping cuts to a third of IT roles. Health NZ said before the change process began in May last year the total number people employed was 1412. Health NZ and the minister ignored internal warnings about how the impacts of the downsizing, she said. Health NZ was still transitioning to the new ways of working and was still making changes to risk management, he said.
