Braemar Charitable Trust

Braemar Trust is a Waikato-based and focused charitable trust and the 100% shareholder of the Braemar Hospital, which has grown to be one of New Zealand’s leading private surgical hospitals. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for Waikato communities and in particular, apply our resources to improve health outcomes for people in our community who are the hardest to reach-those who suffer most as a result of health disparities and face barriers to accessing health services. We seek to achieve our vision through five key pillars as outlined in our Trust Deed. One of these is the ownership of Braemar Hospital, the other four are outlined below: 1. Investment in medical research (achieved via the provision of research grants, scholarships, and workforce development). 2. The development of medical knowledge (achieved via the provision of funding and scholarships for health sector related education, clinical professional development and health leadership). 3. Investment in partnerships to improve health outcomes in the Waikato (achieved via the funding of organisations who are successfully reducing inequity and improving access to health care for people in our community). 4. The provision of free or subsidised medical assistance at Braemar Hospital for patients who do not otherwise qualify for treatment or whose needs are not being met in a timely way by the public health system, and do not have medical insurance nor the means of covering the cost of their treatment themselves.