Compass Health Wellington Trust (CHWT) supports four Primary Health Organisations (PHOs) across the Capital & Coast and Wairarapa DHB regions through the provision of quality management support services.

These management services are also provided to several regional health services to assist in the delivery of excellent health services to our communities. Whilst these services are mainly primary and community-based services, CHWT also manages a range of referred services, such as Radiology and Retinal Screening, and secondary services, such as Podiatry and Sexual Health.

Formerly known as the Wellington Independent Practitioners Association LTD (WIPA), CHWT was originally formed in 1995 with 32 General Practitioner shareholding members, based in central Wellington.

The Greater Wellington Health Trust (GWHT) was formed in 1997, to contract with funders to provide health services and was managed by WIPA. In 2008, WIPA merged with the Greater Wellington Health Trust and the resulting organisation was rebranded as Compass Health.

The CHWT Board is comprised of four Trustees that are both elected and appointed. As a Charitable Trust, CHWT has been registered with the Charities Commission since 30 June, 2008 and is incorporated under the Charities Act 1957.

CHWT has a sister organisation operating in the MidCentral DHB region that supports a further four local PHOs. To find out more about Compass Health Ltd, please click here.