Hon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister of Health): In response to the first part of the member's question, I'm advised that, as at 31 March 2022, nurse vacancies are as follows: enrolled nurses, 101.94 full-time equivalents or 12.9 percent of the enrolled nurse workforce; nurse practitioners, 6.25 full-time equivalents or 6.7 percent of that workforce; registered midwives, including senior midwives, 310 full-time equivalents or 23.8 percent of that workforce; and registered nurses, including senior nurses, 2,663 or 9.63 percent of that workforce. In response to the second of the member's question, district health boards are responsible for managing their own workforces. Data is not collected at the level of granularity to be able to indicate specific hospital facilities that may be affected by the current vacancy rates across the health system. I point out that there is currently an elevated level absenteeism, particularly of nurses, because of COVID and other winter illnesses that is also putting pressure on the hospital system.