CDHB decides to rejoin DHBNZ

Friday, 11 April 2008, 2:42 pm
Press Release: Canterbury DHB

CDHB decides to rejoin DHBNZ

Canterbury District Health Board members voted to rejoin DHBNZ at their monthly meeting today. The previous Board withdrew last year.

CDHB chair Alister James said he believed DHBNZ was an important organisation, through which DHBs could stay in touch and act collaboratively in a range of areas including industrial relations, workforce development and procurement.

Recently elected DHBNZ chair Dennis Cairns was at the Board meeting and spoke to members about concerns that had previously been raised, principally around DHBNZ’s level of autonomy and its internal voting structure.

He said many of the issues that had concerned CDHB had been addressed and that given that DHBNZ was a representative body of all DHBs, it should be able to work through significant concerns from any of its members.

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Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is a Christchurch, New Zealand based hospital and healthcare provider for the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Our region extends from Kekerengu in the North, to Rangitata in the South and Arthurs Pass in the West and comprises the six Territorial Local Authorities of Kaikoura, Hurunui, Waimakariri, Christchurch City, Selwyn and Ashburton.

We collaborate with other health and disability organisations, stakeholders and our community to decide what health and disability services are needed and how to best use the funding we receive from Government to improve, promote and protect the health, wellbeing and independence of our population.

At the Canterbury DHB, our vision is to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Canterbury.

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