ANDrew dickerson
Elected Board Member
Canterbury District Health Board
Experienced:
- More than 30 years hospital and health sector experience
- Currently Chair of the Hospital Advisory Committee
- Former Chief Executive of Age Concern Canterbury
Committed:
- Hard working, visible, accountable, approachable, forthright
Totally Independent:
- No links to any political party - my interest is in healthcare not politics
Strong Advocate for Canterbury:
- Totally committed to improving public health services in our region
Advocating for things that matter, including:
- the re-build of our badly damaged hospital facilities
- shorter waiting times for cancer treatment
- increased funding for mental health services
- new child health facilities for Christchurch Hospital
- improved access to elective surgery
- a bowel cancer screening programme for Canterbury
- retaining health services in our rural communities
- improvements in the standard of rest home care