Counties Manukau District Health Board

Counties Manukau District Health Board
Purpose DHB
Chief Executive
 Geraint A Martin[1]
Parent organization
 Ministry of Health
Subsidiaries Northern Regional Alliance Ltd (33.5%)
healthAlliance NZ Ltd (20%)
NZ Health Innovation Hub Limited[1] (20%)
Budget (2015)
$1.5 billion (NZD)
Revenue (2015)
$1.485 billion (NZD)
Expenses (2015) $1.483 billion (NZD)
Staff (2015)
7,400
Website www.countiesmanukau.health.nz

The Counties Manukau District Health Board (CM Health) is a district health board with the focus on providing healthcare to the Counties Manukau area in southern Auckland, New Zealand. It is responsible for 520,140 residents; or 11% of New Zealand's population.[2]

Facilities

Middlemore Hospital is the largest facility under the management of CM Health, however they manage multiple other facilities, which include Kidz First Children's Hospital, the Manukau Surgery Centre, Pukekohe Hospital, Franklin Memorial Hospital, Botany Downs Maternity Unit and Papakura Maternity Unit as well as dedicated mental health and rehabilitation units. There are also specialised smaller scale health centres referred to as SuperClinics, they are, Manukau SuperClinic and Botany SuperClinic.[3]

Localities and diversity

CM Health is divided into four divisions, Otara-Mangere, Manukau, Franklin , and Eastern. These divisions are called Localities.

Franklin

Franklin is the largest locality in CM Health and has a population of around 70,000 representing 14% of the CM population. The population of Franklin Locality is a European majority locality with only 27% of the population not being European (17% Maori, 4% Pacific peoples, and 6% Others). [4]

Otara-Mangere

Otara-Mangere is the smallest locality under CM Health and accounts for roughly 32% of the CM population at around 166,500. Of the population 110,000 are registered with a doctors practice, 68,000 in Mangere and 42,000 in Otara. Included in the Otara-Mangere Locality is the northern portion of Papatoetoe as well as a small portion of Otahuhu. The population of the Otara-Mangere Locality is 65% Pacific Islander, 20% Maori, 8% European, and 7% other.[5]

Eastern

The Eastern Locality geographical area includes urban areas of Howick, Pakuranga, Dannemora, East Tamaki and Flat Bush and extends to the rural areas of Beachlands, Maraetai, Clevedon, Kawakawa Bay and Orere Point. With a population of 145,000, Eastern Locality holds around 28.5% of the CM Population. Of this 28.5%, 114,000 or 24% of CM Health's population are registered with a general practice within the Eastern Locality. The Easter Locality has the oldest age average of CM Health's jurisdiction with over 16,000 residents over the age of 65. The majority of Eastern Locality is persons of Chinese and/or Indian decent; it is estimated that over two-thirds of CM Health's Chinese population and one-third of its Indian population live within the Eastern Locality.[6]

Manukau

Manukau Locality is the largest by population with 35% representing 187,000 people. Manukau has the largest concentration of people representing 56% of CM Health's total Maori, 37% of its total Pacific population, 53% of its total Indian population, and 24% of Other populations.[7]

Current board (2016-2019)

Elections for the board are held every three years.[8]

Member(s) Affiliation (if any)
Colleen Brown Team Health
Apulu Autagavaia Labour
Katrina Bungard Vision & Voice
Catherine Abel-Pattinson Team Health
Lyn Murphy Independent
Ashraf Choudhary Labour
Dianne Glenn Team Franklin

References

  1. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 26, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Our region | Counties Manukau Health". Countiesmanukau.health.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Middlemore Hospital | Counties Manukau Health". Countiesmanukau.health.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  4. ↑ "Franklin locality | Counties Manukau Health". Countiesmanukau.health.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  5. ↑ "Otara/Mangere locality | Counties Manukau Health". Countiesmanukau.health.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  6. ↑ "Eastern locality | Counties Manukau Health". Countiesmanukau.health.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  7. ↑ "Manukau locality | Counties Manukau Health". Countiesmanukau.health.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  8. ↑ http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/ABOUTCOUNCIL/HOWCOUNCILWORKS/ELECTIONS/Pages/Electionresults2016.aspx#cmdhb
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