Find out about South Canterbury DHB – where to find a GP and other health services, how South Canterbury is performing against national health targets, and more.
South Canterbury DHB is based in Timaru, and covers an area that stretches along the east coast from Rangitata to Waimate, and inland to Mt Cook.
It has a population of 60,220 people (2018/19 projection). Read more about South Canterbury’s population.
South Canterbury DHB received $181.4 million in funding in 2018/19.*
Funding increases as a result of growth over the last 3 years were as follows:
- $4.8 million in 2018/19
- $5.1 million in 2017/18
- $4.3 million in 2016/17.
| South Canterbury increase | National increase | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 2.74% | 4.34% |
| 2017/18 | 2.97% | 3.61% |
| 2016/17 | 2.54% | 3.74% |
*This only includes devolved funding from the Ministry. Visit Funding for more information.
DHB annual planning
Every year the DHB develops, updates and publishes on their website (see link below) a number of key annual planning documents such as their Annual Plan and Regional Service Plan.
| Postal address | Private Bag 911 Timaru 7940 |
|---|---|
| Street address | Cnr Queen & High Street Timaru |
| Phone | (03) 687 2100 |
| Fax | (03) 688 0238 |
| ceo@scdhb.health.nz | |
| Website | http://www.scdhb.health.nz |
Update on status of national health targets
Work is underway to develop a new set of performance measures. While this work is in progress, we will only provide the raw health targets data. We will not develop separate reports or infographics, or present data by primary health organisation. See How is my DHB performing? for the latest data.
For more information on the development of new measures, see the Health targets page.