Mission Statement
Promoting, Positioning and Connecting the private surgical hospital sector of New Zealand.
Primary Roles:To represent and advance the position of private hospital providers in New Zealand through influencing the health opinion of both policy makers and the public.
To strengthen the sector through facilitating a networking framework that will support individual members in their individual delivery of clinical and business excellence.
The NZPSHA Represents:
- 23 Member Organisations
- 36 Surgical Facilities
- 1726 Surgical beds (including ICU, recovery, day-stay chairs and resourced beds)
- 2923 FTE in Staff (combined payroll exceeding $120 million)
Range and Volume of Service provided privately
- A full range of elective surgery including complex Neurosurgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Number of Procedures per annum – approximately 149,000 in 2010-2011
NZPSHA is governed by a 7-member Executive Committee elected by its membership and is supported by an Executive Director located in Wellington.


