Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: The Government has been aware for some time that our health system was likely to come under significant pressure this year as the borders reopened as a result of two things: COVID-19 and what we fully expected and fully planned for—a more challenging flu season than we have seen, because over the last two years, we've seen very low levels of influenza. The Government has been working alongside the health sector to plan for that. I would, however, note that there is a global shortage of trained healthcare workers, and that is something that New Zealand is experiencing—the same as many other countries are. The Government has been working hard to recruit in order to fill vacancies, and of course to train more people. But you cannot train them overnight.