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This is a list of hospitals in New Zealand. It includes hospitals certified by the Ministry of Health, such as public hospitals, maternity centres, private surgical centres, psychiatric hospitals and hospices. It does not include facilities which are not certified hospitals, such as accident and emergency centres, general practice clinics ...
Hospital and specialist care in New Zealand is totally covered by the government if the patient is referred by a general or family practitioner and this is funded from government expenditure (approx. 77%). [7] Private payment by individuals also plays an important role in the overall system although the cost of these payments are comparatively ...
On 19 May 2022, the government allocated NZ$13.2 billion from the 2022 New Zealand budget to facilitate the establishment of the Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority over the next four years. This amount included $11.1 billion to address the cost pressures of the previous district health board system and $2.1 billion to set up the ...
Auckland City Hospital is a public hospital located in Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest hospital in New Zealand, [ 2 ] as well as one of the oldest medical facilities in the country. It provides a total of 1,165 beds (as of 2021 [update] ). [ 1 ]
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]
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 the government.
The Tairāwhiti District Health Board (Tairāwhiti DHB), branded as Hauora Tairāwhiti since 2015, was a district health board with the focus on providing healthcare to the Gisborne District of New Zealand. In July 2022, the Tairāwhiti DHB was merged into the national health service Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand).
The Northland District Health Board, like most other district health boards, came into effect on 1 January 2001 established by the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000. [1] A new two-storey building at Bay of Islands Hospital in Kawakawa opened in December 2018. It has a radiology, accident and medical facility services with four ...