Simeon Brown. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro
A new unit to scrutinise Health NZ and reports directly to the Health Minister will only run for four months.
Simeon Brown ordered the Health Assurance Unit be set up within the Public Service Commission to help "drive accountability and performance" within Health NZ.
The unit was set up in February and will finish in May.
It is headed by Hamiora Bowkett who was a member of the Capital & Coast District Health Board.
An article in New Zealand Doctor said the taskforce would review and potentially replace the reset plan put forward by Health NZ's Commissioner Lester Levy, who is tasked with cutting one-point-four-billion dollars from the budget.
The article said a "90-day turnaround plan" would identify new potential cost-savings, structural changes and health priorities.
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