Northern Health Ends Fiscal Year With Surplus
Prince George, BC – Northern Health recorded an $8.8-million dollar surplus for the 2012-2013 fiscal year…
In releasing its annual report, Northern Health says the surplus will be directed towards a prioritized list of capital equipment purchases and building improvements.
Total revenue for the year – the majority of which comes from the Ministry of Health – was up 6.2-percent over 2011-12 and totalled $734-million dollars. While total expenses were up 6.6-percent to $725-million dollars. Chart at right (courtesy NH) shows acute care costs remain Northern Health’s largest expense, costing $431-million dollars last year.
The report also provides status updates on capital projects underway within the health authority: work is underway in the Village of Queen Charlotte to replace the existing hospital at a cost of $50-million dollars; work continues on the New Lakes District Hospital & Health Centre in Burns Lake at an anticipated $55-million dollars, with planned completion in the fall of 2015; and the tender has been issued for the new $9.9-million dollar Learning & Development teaching centre at UHNBC in Prince George.
Interesting facts from 2012-2013:
- 37,265 surgeries were performed
- 3,245 babies were born
- 200,785 outpatient visits
- 261,873 visits to emergency departments
- there were more than 187,920 inpatient overnight stays in 565 hospital beds
Comments
Why not give some back to the taxpayers.???
Pay your staff cost of living raises
Put another down payment on another bus. Can’t get doctors to relocate here so why not have the biggest fleet of health care buses in North America or for that matter the world? It might get us in the Guinness book. Cheap advertising then. Carry on.
Make those buses (or at least one)a very green bio fuel bus that can stop at greasy spoon joints along the way for fuel so ailing lefties and greenies don’t sacrifice their principals when they have to add to their carbon footprints during their travels for medical care. Win win.
Capital purchases and building improvements is a wise invetsment. I’m curious what part of the budget ran a surplus
Sounds like it’s time for a pay raise to the board members. Isn’t that what you do with budget surplus cash….everyone else does. Look at BC Hydro heads, they got a raise.
Sad that corporate takes up a larger share of the pie than Community Care, Mental Health & Substance Abuse and Population Health & Wellness.
Build another care facility. Our aging population is in need of it now and will definitely need it in future.
so I am seeing on average overall for northern health. 91% of the beds are filled at any given time
187 920 / 365 = 514
514/565 = .90973 nor 91%
thats the average smoothed out over the entire year …
Me thinks we need more beds
some other numbers over the region
averaging 102 surguries /day
almost 9 kids /day are born in the north
550 Outpatient visits per day in the north
717 visits to the ER per day happen in the north
now bear in mind that Northern Health includes quesnel to the yukon, Alberta Border to the Haida Gwai islands … a giant geografical area … but a very small population
Also bear in mind this all done with minimal staff
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