Hon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister of Health): To the first part of the question, the latest data from June 2021 shows 14,718 patients are waiting longer than four months for their first specialist assessment. This represents 12.1 percent of all patients currently waiting for their first specialist assessment. I note that this does not include patients waiting for their first specialist assessment at Waikato District Health Board, as these statistics are not currently available because of the recent cyber-attack. To the second part of the question, 13,670 patients are waiting longer than four months for treatment. This represents 23 percent of all patients waiting for treatment. 