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In April 2021, the Labour government announced that the system of district health boards was to be abolished and replaced by a single agency to be called Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand). [2] In addition, a new Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority) was to be set up to regulate and provide health services to the Māori community. [3]
This is a list of chairpersons of district health boards (DHBs) in New Zealand. District health boards were 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. They existed from 1 January ...
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.
Members of district health boards in New Zealand (20 C, 41 P) Pages in category "District health boards in New Zealand" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
The latter would be tasked with centralising the provision of public health services in New Zealand. [3] [4] In October 2021, the Sixth Labour Government introduced the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill to entrench the new health system into law. Besides establishing Health NZ and the Māori Health Authority, the legislation also established the ...
In a 2010 study, New Zealand was shown to have the lowest level of medication use in 14 developed countries (i.e. used least medicines overall), and also spent the lowest amount on healthcare amongst the same list of countries, with US$2510 ($3460) per capita, compared to the United States at US$7290.
New Zealand will nearly triple entry fees for tourists, the government said on Tuesday, spurring criticism from the key tourism sector the higher levy will deter visitors. The government said in a ...
The area covered by the Auckland District Health Board was defined in Schedule 1 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 and based on territorial authority and ward boundaries as constituted on 1 January 2001. The area covered by the Auckland DHB was identical with that of the former Auckland City. [6]