The National Travel Assistance (NTA) Policy - National Travel Assistance Scheme

National Travel Assistance (NTA) Scheme
The National Travel Assistance (NTA) Policy

Guide to NTA Policy 2005 provides information to the District Health Boards (DHBs), people who are referred long distances and/or frequently for specialist health and disability services, and other interested parties, on aspects of the National Travel Assistance (NTA) Policy 2005 that require clarification.

Please click on the following link for a copy of the "Guide to the National Travel Assistance (NTA) Policy 2005”:

Guide to the National Travel Assistance (NTA) Policy 2005 (PDF, 240 KB)

From time to time, this guide is updated and revised by Ministry of Health (the Ministry) in conjunction with the DHB NTA reference group. Some sections of this NTA Policy Guide may differ from the NTA Policy 2005, this is because the NTA reference group members use this Policy Guide document as means to clarify and update aspects of the NTA Policy 2005.

No single section of this guide should be read in isolation without considering the other sections and the intent of the NTA Policy 2005. For clarification of any aspects of this guide, please contact the Ministry's NTA call centre on freephone: 0800 281 222, press option 2 or email: travel@moh.govt.nz

Page last updated: 9 December 2009