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Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora is the primary publicly funded healthcare system of New Zealand. It was established by the New Zealand Government to replace the country's 20 district health boards (DHBs) on 1 July 2022. Te Whatu Ora is charged with working alongside the Public Health Agency and Te Aka Whai Ora (the Māori Health Authority) to ...
The healthcare system of New Zealand has undergone significant changes throughout the past several decades. From an essentially fully public system based on the Social Security Act 1938, reforms have introduced market and health insurance elements primarily since the 1980s, creating a mixed public-private system for delivering healthcare. [1] [2]
Taranaki DHB served a population of 117,684 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 7,932 people (7.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 13,407 people (12.9%) since the 2006 census. There were 45,306 households. There were 58,323 males and 59,364 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female.
Te Aka Whai Ora (the Māori Health Authority) is a statutory entity responsible for ensuring that the New Zealand health system meets the needs of Māori. It will work in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Health New Zealand to achieve the following stated goals: leading change in the way the entire health system understands and ...
The Southern Cross Medical Care Society, trading as Southern Cross Health Society, is a friendly society and New Zealand's largest health insurer. The Health Society had 940,105 members as of October 2023, according to its 2023 annual report. [3] This represented a 62% market share and more than 17% of New Zealand's population. [4]
Christchurch Hospital. / -43.5344; 172.6255. Christchurch Hospital is the largest tertiary hospital in the South Island of New Zealand. The public hospital is in the centre of Christchurch city, on the edge of Hagley Park, and serves the wider Canterbury region. The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) operates the hospital with funding from ...
District health boards ( DHBs) in New Zealand were organisations established by the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 under the Fifth Labour Government, responsible for ensuring the provision of health and disability services to populations within a defined geographical area. They existed from 1 January 2001, when the act came ...
Website. www .nmdhb .govt .nz. The Nelson Marlborough District Health Board ( Nelson Marlborough DHB or NMDHB) was a district health board with the focus on providing healthcare to the Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough districts of New Zealand. In July 2022, it was merged into the national health service Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand).