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Who we are
Our role
Capital & Coast District Health Board has two distinct roles. The Directorate of Planning and Funding Service (P&F) is responsible for assessing the health needs of the people of the district, and contracting the most appropriate services to meet those needs. Hospital and Health Services (HHS) is responsible for providing secondary services via the hospital and community outreach programmes.
Our hospitals
C&C DHB operates two hospitals – Wellington and Kenepuru and as well as the Kapiti Health Centre at Paraparaumu. There are also a number of community bases.
Wellington Hospital
Wellington Hospital, in Newtown, is the largest facility operated by the DHB and is one of five major tertiary hospitals in New Zealand.
It provides a comprehensive range of specialist secondary services and regional tertiary services. These tertiary services include cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, vascular surgery, renal medicine and transplants, genetics, oncology, paediatric surgery, neonatal intensive care, obstetrics, trauma, endocrinology, intensive care, urology, rehabilitation and specialised forensic services.
As a major teaching hospital, Wellington provides an educational environment for medical students of Otago University’s Wellington School of Medicine and post-graduate training for clinical professionals.
Wellington Hospital is also the region’s main emergency and only trauma service, with a rooftop helipad providing a link to surgical, intensive care, neonatal intensive care and emergency services.
Inpatient adult mental health services and a day hospital are provided at Te Whare O Matairangi on the Wellington campus.
Kenepuru Hospital
Kenepuru Community Hospital provides secondary services catering to the communities north of Wellington, including Porirua and Kapiti.
The hospital provides medical, surgical, maternity and child health services, plus services for the elderly, a specialist inpatient assessment, treatment and rehabilitation service, and outpatient clinics.
The site includes an adult psychiatric day hospital and the 13 bed inpatient unit for young people, the Rangatahi (Adolescent) Mental Health Service.
Multi-disciplinary services for children and adolescents with emotional, behavioural, or developmental concerns are provided at the Puketiro Centre adjacent to the hospital. The Centre also provides audiology services for people of all ages in thePorirua area.
Our community
The organisation serves about 250,000 people living in Wellington City and its suburbs, the Porirua Basin, and the Kapiti Coast including Waikanae. With about 3,200 full time staff and an annual payroll of more than $190 million, C&C DHB is a major employer in the Wellington region.
Specialist tertiary-level care is provided to patients from the lower North Island and upper South Island, a population of about 900,000. 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.
Our services
Capital & Coast District Health Board's medical, surgical, mental health, community and clinical support services are managed and delivered as 16 clinical practice areas, organised into five groups.
Each clinical practice area is headed by a Clinical Leader, most of whom are practising senior health professionals.
Additional support is provided by a core of corporate services.
In addition to hospital-based services, multi-disciplinary services are provided in the community. These include general and specialist district nursing, specialist multi-disciplinary 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.
Our people
Highly skilled staff are crucial to C&C DHB's ability to provide high quality health services.
This importance is reflected in the close relationship C&C DHB shares with the University of Otago's Wellington School of Medicine, adjacent to Wellington Hospital. Specialist medical staff are employed jointly by the university and C&C DHB, ensuring a high quality education and training environment.
C&C DHB also maintains close links with polytechnics and other tertiary institutions for student training of nurses, midwives, post graduate mental health nurses, medical radiation technologists, dietitians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and pharmacists.
A professional nursing structure, led by Director of Nursing, Kerrie Hayes, with an emphasis on continuing education and career development ensures high standards of nursing practice. C&C DHB has committed itself to the development and implementation of a career pathway for allied health professionals.
This professional model will improve patient care, help achieve best practice within constrained resources, and assist with attracting and recruiting skilled staff in areas that are in short supply world-wide.
Research is supported by C&C DHB, and is subject to assessment and scrutiny by an independent ethics committee.
Senior staff
- Chief Executive Officer - Mary Bonner
- Chief Operating Officer - Chris Lowry
- Chief Medical Officer - Geoff Robinson
- Director of Nursing & Midwifery - Kerrie Hayes
- Director Allied Health (Technical and Scientific) - Sally Taylor
- Chief Financial Officer - Theo Koenders
- Director for Information and Communication Technology - Stuart Wakefield
- Director of Primary Care Nursing - Vicky Noble
- Clinical Advisor Primary and Integrated Care - Adrian Gilliland
- Director of Planning & Funding - Sandra Williams
- Director of Maori Health - Riki Nia Nia
- Director Pacific Health - Taima Fagaloa