The Northland District Health Board (Northland DHB or NDHB) is a district health board with the focus on providing healthcare to the Northland Region of New Zealand. In July 2022, the Northland DHB was merged into the national health service Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand).
A new two-storey building at Bay of Islands Hospital in Kawakawa opened in December 2018. It has a radiology, accident and medical facility services with four acute bays, two resuscitation bays, two consulting and triage rooms, and a procedure, isolation and paediatric room, increasing capacity from three to seven beds. It also has a general ward, increasing total beds from 15 to 20.[2]
By June 2019, an extension to the Dargaville inpatient mental health detoxification service extension had been completed, increasing bed numbers from five to eight.[2]
On 1 July 2022, the Northland DHB and the other district health boards were disestablished, with Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) assuming their former functions and operations including hospitals and health services.[3] The Northland DHB was brought under Te Whatu Ora's Northern division.[4]
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] The inaugural chairperson, Wayne Brown, was concurrently chairperson of the Tairāwhiti DHB.[8] Following the first elections in October 2001, Lynette Stewart was appointed as chairperson.[9] Stewart was replaced by Tony Norman from 1 January 2010.[10] After one term, Norman was replaced by Sally Macauley in December 2016.[11] Macauley also served one term and was replaced by Harry Burkhardt in December 2019.[12]
Chairpersons
The following table gives a list of chairpersons of Northland District Health Board:
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