Capital and Coast District Health Board

The Capital and Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) is a district health board with the focus on providing healthcare to Wellington City, Porirua City and the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand. The CCDHB employs about 5,800 people across the Wellington Region.[2]

Capital and Coast District Health Board
Ūpoko ki te Uru Hauora
Location of the Capital and Coast DHB (green) in New Zealand
PurposeDistrict health board
Chief executive
Andrew Blair [1]r (Acting)
Chair
David Smol
Deputy chair
Ayesha Verrall
Staff (Unknown)
5,800
Websitewww.ccdhb.org.nz

History

The Capital and Coast 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.[3]

Geographic area

The area covered by the Capital and Coast District Health Board is defined in Schedule 1 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 and based on territorial authority and ward boundaries as constituted as at 1 January 2001.[4] The area can be adjusted through an Order in Council.[5]

Facilities

The Wellington Regional Hospital located in Newtown is the largest of the CCDHB's facilities, serving the wider Wellington region and the northern South Island. Other facilities include the Wellington Children's Hospital, the Kenepuru Community Hospital in Porirua and the Kapiti Health Centre.[6]

Governance

The initial board was fully appointed. Since the 2001 local elections, the board has been partially elected (seven members) and in addition, up to four members get appointed by the Minister of Health. The minister also appoints the chairperson and deputy-chair from the pool of eleven board members. [7]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
2006266,661—    
2013283,707+0.89%
2018303,987+1.39%
Source: [8]

Capital and Coast DHB served a population of 303,987 at the time of the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 20,280 people (7.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 37,326 people (14.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 110,802 households. There were 147,432 males and 156,552 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.94 males per female. Of the total population, 53,937 people (17.7%) were aged up to 15 years, 72,198 (23.8%) were 15 to 29, 138,153 (45.4%) were 30 to 64, and 39,699 (13.1%) were 65 or older. Figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.

Ethnicities were 74.1% European/Pākehā, 11.6% Māori, 8.7% Pacific peoples, 14.5% Asian, and 3.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 30.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 51.4% had no religion, 34.3% were Christian, and 8.6% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 93,435 (37.4%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 25,650 (10.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $38,400. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 134,694 (53.9%) people were employed full-time, 35,751 (14.3%) were part-time, and 11,379 (4.6%) were unemployed.[8]

Current board (2019–2022)
Member(s) Affiliation (if any)
Sue Kedgley Green
David Smol None (appointed)
Chris Kalderimis Independent
Kathryn Adams Independent
Roger Blakeley Independent
Ayesha Verrall Labour
'Ana Coffey Independent
Vanessa Simpson Independent
Hamiora Bowkett None (appointed)
Tristram Ingham None (appointed)
Kimbal von Lanthen None (appointed)

Notes
  1. "Our board". 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. "About Capital & Coast District Health Board". Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. Rudman, Brian (13 February 2012). "Brian Rudman: Three health boards must marry and economise". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. Public Health and Disability Act 2000, Schedule 1.
  5. Public Health and Disability Act 2000, Section 19.
  6. "Wellington Regional Hospital". Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  7. "District health boards". Ministry of Health. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Capital and Coast DHB (14).
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