Health Board New Zealand

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Health board new zealand. State sector code of conduct. Or 12 of new zealand s population. District health boards dhbs in new zealand are organisations established by the new zealand public health and disability act 2000 responsible for ensuring the provision of health and disability services to populations within a defined geographical area.

Nz public health and disability act 2000. Dhb boards set the overall strategic direction for the dhb and monitor its performance. They have existed since 1 january 2001 when the act came into force.

The government s principal advisor on health and disability. The canterbury district health board covers a territory of 26 881 square kilometers and is divided between six. New zealand health and disability system review interim report.

Find out more on the dhb appointments page. New zealand health system. There are 20 dhbs in new zealand and each dhb is governed by a board of up to 11 members.

The new zealand ministry of health. Cdhb operates five major hospital facilities in christchurch and ashburton and almost 30 smaller rural hospitals and community bases around the region. The crown entity act 2004.

The minister of health appoints up to four members to each board and the board s chair and deputy chair. Capability and capacity review. She is the current chair of the waitemata dhb s hospital advisory committee a patron of women s health action trust and a member of the waitakere ranges local board of auckland council.