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14 November 2019
Antony Andrews
Email: [FYI request #11477 email]
Dear Antony
RE Official Information Act request CDHB 10204
I refer to your email, dated 16 October 2019, requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act from Canterbury DHB.
Could you please provide the total number of hospital beds from 2017 to 2019 at Canterbury
District Health Board? Yearly count will be great.
Please refer to
Table one (below) for the current total number of hospital beds at Canterbury District
Health Board.
Note: The numbers of beds across the Canterbury DHB’s hospitals has essentially
remained the same over the period requested. There may be a little fluctuation as some services have
been re-configured.
Hospital
Inpatient Beds
Ashburton
50
Burwood
266
Christchurch (incl Womens)
783
Darfield
7
Ellesmere
4
Hillmorton Hospital
142
Lincoln
8
Oxford
7
Princess Margaret
53
Rangiora
12
Waikari
6
Grand Total
1338
Notes:
Excludes day case beds, aged care beds and maternity cots
Akaroa and Kaikoura Hospitals are classified as family health centres funded, but not operated,
by the Canterbury DHB.
I trust that this satisfies your interest in this matter.
Please note that this response, or an edited version of this response, may be published on the
Canterbury DHB website after your receipt of this response.
Yours sincerely
Melissa Macfarlane
Acting Executive Director
Planning, Funding & Decision Support