Taranaki Healthcare Limited
Private Bag 2016
New Plymouth 4620
New Zealand
Telephone 06 753 6139
Facsimile 06 753 7770
Email [email address]
Website www.thcl.co.nz
Taranaki Base Hospital
Private Bag 2016
New Plymouth 4620
New Zealand
Telephone 06 753 6139
Facsimile 06 753 7710
Hawera Hospital
Post Office Box 98
30 October 2018
Hawera
New Zealand
Telephone 06 278 7109
Facsimile 06 278 9910
Stratford Health Centre
Telephone 06 765 7189
Thai Quoc Khanh
Opunake Health Centre
Email:
[FYI request #8867 email]
Telephone 06 761 8777
Patea + Waverley Districts Health Centre
Telephone 06 273 8088
Waitara Health Centre Telephone 06 754 7150
Dear Sir/Madam
Mokau Health Centre
Telephone 06 752 9723
Re:
Official Information Act
I am responding on behalf of Taranaki District Health Board (DHB) to your OIA request of 13
October 2018, which was transferred by the Ministry of Health to Taranaki DHB on 19 October
2018. You have requested the following information:
Could you please kindly provide me the number of available beds as well as occupancy rate at
each DHB in 2016 and 2017.
Taranaki District Health Board
2016
2017
Total Beds (physical capacity)*
271
271
*Includes Emergency Dept, Neonatal Unit, Mental Health, Maternity, Day Stay Please find the occupancy rate information in
Appendix 1.
I trust the enclosed information answers your OIA request.
Yours sincerely
Gillian Campbell
Chief Operating Officer
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Appendix 1
2016
2017
Jan-2016
74.05%
Jan-2017
73.91%
Feb-2016
78.44%
Feb-2017
74.04%
Mar-2016
84.50%
Mar-2017
78.58%
Apr-2016
81.64%
Apr-2017
77.91%
May-2016
78.21%
May-2017
82.75%
Jun-2016
85.28%
Jun-2017
85.85%
Jul-2016
87.38%
Jul-2017
95.20%
Aug-2016
84.70%
Aug-2017
94.66%
Sep-2016
84.32%
Sep-2017
88.12%
Oct-2016
81.08%
Oct-2017
86.36%
Nov-2016
82.44%
Nov-2017
83.44%
Dec-2016
78.69%
Dec-2017
84.86%
Total 2016
81.73%
Total 2017
83.81%