South Canterbury District Health Board

South Canterbury District Health Board (SCDHB) is the District Health Board for the South Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island and serves around 59,000 people.[1] South Canterbury DHB employs between 950 and 1000 staff at any given time, including part-timers, casuals and contractors.[2]

  • South Canterbury’s population tends to be much older than the national average.
  • South Canterbury has low proportion of Māori and Pacific people living there compared to the national average.
  • South Canterbury has a low proportion of people in the most deprived section of the population when compared to the national average.[3]

South Canterbury District Health Board also operates the South Canterbury District Primary Care Provider, that provides primary health services to the region.

Facilities

  • Timaru Hospital
  • Kensington Centre (Mental Health Services)

References

  1. ↑ "South Canterbury District Health Board | Ministry of Health NZ". www.scdhb.health.nz. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  2. ↑ "SCDHB - Work for Us". www.scdhb.health.nz. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Population of South Canterbury DHB". Ministry of Health NZ. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
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