In 1994, the GNWT consolidated the Department of Health and Department of Social Services into one – Department of Health and Social Services. At that time, Mackenzie Regional Health and Social Services were administering the Health and Social Services system, in the Dehcho Region.
As part of the Government’s overall initiative to have communities take responsibility for its own services, Dehcho Health and Social Services Board was incorporated May 1997. The GNWT has delegated the responsibility for administration of Health and Social Services in the Dehcho Region through a Memorandum of Agreement between the GNWT Department of Health and Social Services, and Dehcho Health and Social Services Board.
