DHB Capital Projects
DHBs have responsibility to maintain and update their hospital facilities.
However all major capital investment decisions also require the approval of Ministers of Health and Finance and the Capital Investment Committee has been established to provide advice to support Ministers in this decision making.
CIC's role
The CICs role is to advise, through the NHB, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Finance and Director-General of Health on the matters relating to capital investment and infrastructure in the public health sector in line with Governments service planning direction, including:
- development of a National Asset Management Plan for the health system by the sector, based on agreed service plans. Over time capital proposals will be based upon requirements identified through the National Asset Management Plan
- where work should be commissioned consistent with the National Asset Management Plan
- relative priorities for capital investment
- individual proposals for approval for capital expenditure
- any other matters that the Minister (through the NHB) or the NHB may refer to it.
