Photo: Greymouth StarDrastic cuts have been proposed to the Canterbury District Health Board's budget - but they should not directly affect the West Coast. However, West Coast DHB chairman Rick Barker says he had not heard this morning whether there could be some flow-on effects from the Canterbury board's moves to slash a $180 million deficit by nearly $57 million. The West Coast and Canterbury DHBs share a number of administration services, including the chief executive role, finance, planning and communication staff, and surgical and specialist expertise. West Coast DHB reported a deficit of $11.5 million in its annual report to June 2019. The West Coast DHB budget had not yet been made public but there were no proposals in it for any cuts to services, Barker said.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 26, 2020 02:00 UTC