Find out about West Coast DHB – where to find a GP and other health services, how West Coast is performing against national health targets, and more.
West Coast DHB is based in Greymouth, and covers an area from Karamea in the north to Haast in the south.
It has a population of 32,410 people (2018/19 projection). Read more about West Coast’s population.
West Coast DHB received $130.7 million in funding in 2018/19.*
Funding increases as a result of growth over the last 3 years were as follows:
- $2.9 million in 2018/19
- $3.1 million in 2017/18
- $3.0 million in 2016/17.
| West Coast increase | National increase | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 2.25% | 4.34% |
| 2017/18 | 2.51% | 3.61% |
| 2016/17 | 2.44% | 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 | PO Box 387 Greymouth 7840 |
|---|---|
| Street address | Grey Base Hospital Greymouth |
| Phone | (03) 769 7400 |
| Fax | (03) 768 2791 |
| info@westcoastdhb.health.nz | |
| Website | www.westcoastdhb.org.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.