Capital & Coast District Health Board

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Name :

Capital & Coast District Health Board

Address  :

Riddiford Street
Newtown

Town  :

Wellington

State  :

Wellington

Country  :

NEW ZEALAND

Post Code:

6021

Phone  :

04 385 5999

Fax  :

04 385 5856

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

Info@ccdhb.org.nz
Specialization
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Oncologist
  • Orthopedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities
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Description
About CampC DHB
Capital and Coast District Health Board is one of 21 District Health Boards DHBs throughout New Zealand We serve a population of about 270000 residents and provide some specialist services for a regional population of about 900000 people

We deliver community primary secondary and tertiary health services

The DHB has two distinct roles

The Directorate of Planning and Funding Service PampF is responsible for assessing the health needs of the people of the district and contracting the most appropriate services to meet those needs

The Hospital and Health Services HHS is responsible for providing secondary services via the hospital and community out reach programmes

CampC DHB operates two hospitals Wellington Hospital and Kenepuru Community Hospital Porirua as well as the Kapiti Health Centre at Paraparaumu There are also a number of community bases

The DHBs main population base is from Wellington City and its suburbs the Porirua Basin and the Kapiti Coast including Waikanae We have about 3500 full time staff which makes CampC DHB a major employer in the Wellington region

Specialist tertiarylevel care is provided to patients from the lower North Island and upper South Island These tertiary services include cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery neurosurgery vascular surgery renal medicine and transplants genetics oncology paediatric surgery neonatal intensive care obstetrics endocrinology orthopaedics and urology and specialised forensic services

In addition to hospitalbased services multidisciplinary services are provided in the community These include general and specialist district nursing specialist multidisciplinary rehabilitation services occupational therapy speech language therapy physiotherapy dietetics social work and home support services Mental health alcohol and drug services are also provided in the community
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