The select committee also had an opportunity to scrutinise the proposed funding of $166.1 million over four years for emergency road ambulance services, $90.7 million for emergency air ambulance services, $45.7 million in 2022-23 for new mental health initiatives, and funding to build the capacity to treat more people experiencing eating disorders. There were two new appropriations that have been established in the vote, and these related to the purchase of new medicines—specifically, $29 million to cover Pharmac's operational costs and $1.186 billion for purchasing medicines funding that had previously been allocated to DHBs. 