08-07-2025
Sport Whanganui-led Fit for Surgery programme cut; Health NZ confirms new referral pathway
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has ended its funding contract with the Sport Whanganui-led Fit for Surgery programme.
Fit for Surgery helped patients who needed to lose weight before knee and hip surgeries.
Health NZ's group director of operations Katherine Fraser-Chapple said a referral pathway was now in