The Health Ministry's money-handling abilities have been questioned by the Treasury over the planned screening programme. By Claire Trevett, Martin JohnstonThe business case for the proposed national bowel screening programme was "poorly developed" in the month before the Government committed to the scheme in its May Budget, according to a Treasury email made public today. In the Budget, Health was given a $2.2 billion injection of funding over four years, of which $1.6b was for the DHBs. In an aide memoire to English before a March meeting with Coleman, Treasury noted the financial performance of the DHBs had declined with larger than expected deficits. That took the total health budget to $16.1b in 2016/17.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 14, 2016 07:52 UTC