Find out how to make requests for official information and browse published responses by category. 

What is the Official Information Act (OIA)?

People can request official information held by government services and can expect it to be made available unless there is a good reason to withhold it. 


We are committed to openness and transparency in the provision of public health services. 


The Official Information Act (OIA) gives New Zealanders the right to access information. 

 

How to make a request 

Please email all Official Information Act (OIA) requests to: [email protected]

Please note: This address is only for requests to be considered under the Official Information Act (1982). 

You may find it useful to read the Ombudsman website for more information.

Click here to visit the Ombudsman website

 

OIA Statistics 

You can see data on the number of requests we receive each year and the timeliness of our responses on the Public Services Commission website.

Click here to visit the Te Kawa Mataaho Public Services Commission website

 

Proactive release of official information

 

We proactively release official information responses of interest to the wider public and suitable for publication.

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand OIA responses have been proactively released from 1 January 2023.


Click here to visit the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora website


Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough OIA responses that have been proactively released from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022 are available here to browse by category:

 

Clinical services

Clinical services 2022
CA-125 blood tests [272 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Code red and black [272 KB pdf]
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Percentage of declined gastrointestinal referrals [273 KB pdf]
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Emergency Department presentations by presenting complaint [323 KB pdf]
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Funded bone density scans [273 KB pdf]
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ICU occupancy [247 KB pdf]
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ICU beds [271 KB pdf]
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Heart conditions [216 KB pdf]
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Caesarean sections [264 KB pdf]
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CA-125 blood tests [271 KB pdf]
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Surgical procedures and first specialist assessments [205 KB pdf]
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Operating theatre availability [430 KB pdf]
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Colour coded alert system [188 KB pdf]
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Skin lesion referrals [189 KB pdf]
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Type 1 diabetes [256 KB pdf]
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First specialist assessment, faster cancer treatment and surgical wait times [313 KB pdf]
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Number of ICU beds [248 KB pdf]
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Treatment Injury policy, and triage of First Specialist Assessment referrals [290 KB pdf]
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Alcohol related harm [354 KB pdf]
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Guidelines - Constipation management, Urinary retention, and Post-surgical pain [3.9 MB pdf]
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Guidelines - Radiology, and Overnight admission [1.3 MB pdf]
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Wairau Hospital reportable events [558 KB pdf]
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Number of births at Wairau Hospital [202 KB pdf]
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Planned care patient flow indicators [398 KB pdf]
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Pregnancy and perinatal data 2019-2021 [611 KB pdf]
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Bowel screening [391 KB pdf]
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Gender specific hospital wards [358 KB pdf]
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Precocious puberty referrals [345 KB pdf]
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Essure device removal [373 KB pdf]
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General-surgery admissions [346 KB pdf]
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Outsourced planned care [360 KB pdf]
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Pregnancy and perinatal data 2022 [385 KB pdf]
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Emergency Department presentation data [248 KB pdf]
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Wait time from GP referral to First Specialist Assessment, by service [306 KB pdf]
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Clinical services 2021
Breastfeeding and tongue tie support [331 KB pdf]
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Malnutrition admissions [704 KB pdf]
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MDMA admissions [423 KB pdf]
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Methadone dispensing [337 KB pdf]
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Nitrous oxide presentations [272 KB pdf]
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Percentage coverage retinal screening [633 KB pdf]
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Radiology diagnostic imaging [275 KB pdf]
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Equipment sterilisation [264 KB pdf]
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Diabetic retinopathy screening [116 KB pdf]
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Challenges to coronial findings [244 KB pdf]
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Child admissions with various medical conditions [181 KB pdf]
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Complaints of harassment [246 KB pdf]
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Dog related injury presentations [262 KB pdf]
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Intersex children [269 KB pdf]
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Isolation precautions [783 KB pdf]
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Major joint replacements [190 KB pdf]
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Wait times and staffing [358 KB pdf]
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Airport closure impact [249 KB pdf]
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Ambulance arrival at ED [208 KB pdf]
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Cathinone toxicity [237 KB pdf]
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Colonoscopy referrals [170 KB pdf]
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Crohns disease [204 KB pdf]
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Joint replacements 2017 and 2020 [233 KB pdf]
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LARC training [180 KB pdf]
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Number PET CT scans referred [145 KB pdf]
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PSMA PET CT funding [232 KB pdf]
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Infusion services [142 KB pdf]
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Interhospital transfers by air [259 KB pdf]
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Stroke data [201 KB pdf]
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Ovarian cancer sonography wait time and health pathway [188 KB pdf]
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Infusion services (2) [237 KB pdf]
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Outpatient radiology assessments, investigations, cancellations [194 KB pdf]
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Surgical procedures [275 KB pdf]
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Referrals for transvaginal ultrasound [217 KB pdf]
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Endometriosis, and back pain [257 KB pdf]
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PET CT Referral suppliers [272 KB pdf]
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Maternity services [314 KB pdf]
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Medical certificate of causes of fetal and neonatal death forms [236 KB pdf]
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Planned Care Services Plan 2020-2023 [5.3 MB pdf]
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Policy for admitting children in care [3.3 MB pdf]
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Clinical services 2020
Cataract surgery [345 KB pdf]
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Cervical colposcopy procedures [231 KB pdf]
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Colonoscopy procedures [231 KB pdf]
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Coronary artery bypass graft [257 KB pdf]
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CPAC (Clinical priority assessment criteria) thresholds [222 KB pdf]
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ED dental presentations [304 KB pdf]
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ED wait time and complaints data [1.1 MB pdf]
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Eligibility for treatment [333 KB pdf]
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Grommet insertion [228 KB pdf]
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Immunisation coverage to limit measles virus transmission [338 KB pdf]
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Ophthalmology wait lists [245 KB pdf]
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Positions for NZREX graduates [246 KB pdf]
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Policy on human tissue [339 KB pdf]
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Policy pathology specimens [238 KB pdf]
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Equipment sterilisation [239 KB pdf]
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Kidney transplants [263 KB pdf]
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Neurology staffing and wait times [275 KB pdf]
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Breast reconstruction wait list [261 KB pdf]
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Registered medical officer annual leave [425 KB pdf]
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Cerebral palsy and pain management [441 KB pdf]
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Declined first specialist appointment referrals [459 KB pdf]
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Endoscopy procedures [517 KB pdf]
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Cancer patients oral health needs assessment [709 KB pdf]
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Termination of pregnancy guidelines [814 KB pdf]
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Colonoscopy procedures [390 KB pdf]
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Accepted ophthalmology referrals [208 KB pdf]
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Age of women giving birth [193 KB pdf]
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Alcohol related harm [214 KB pdf]
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Firearm injuries [155 KB pdf]
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ICCU and HDU utilisation [134 KB pdf]
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Surgical thresholds [179 KB pdf]
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Hip and knee joint replacements [198 KB pdf]
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Hip and knee replacement referrals [412 KB pdf]
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COVID-19

COVID-19 2022
Wastewater testing [300 KB pdf]
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Incentives for vaccination and patient care costs [291 KB pdf]
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Opportunistic vaccination [287 KB pdf]
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Patient care costs [287 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 Myocarditis hospitalisation [273 KB pdf]
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Projects to support COVID-19 response [287 KB pdf]
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Community testing centre and healthcare worker costs [224 KB pdf]
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Workforce percentage for sick/pandemic leave [285 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 related hospitalisation [258 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 related treatment [226 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 related admissions [251 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 Remdesivir and ventilator treatment [290 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 therapeutics dispensing [280 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 disease and vaccination [1.6 MB pdf]
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COVID-19 inpatient management in pregnancy [5.3 MB pdf]
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COVID-19 visual imagery [14 MB pdf]
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COVID-19 media access to Nelson Marlborough Health facilities [3.2 MB pdf]
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COVID-19 pfizer vaccine for children [781 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 spend to encourage vaccination [380 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 treatment of unvaccinated individuals in healthcare settings [421 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 positive medical staff [273 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 as primary cause for hospitalisation [249 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 myocarditis or pericarditis hospitalisation [90 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 2021
COVID-19 tests [329 KB pdf]
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Staff vaccination [5.3 MB pdf]
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Pfizer vaccine rollout [181 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 staff vaccination [206 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 vaccination appointments [233 KB pdf]
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Vaccine adverse reactions [64 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 response and recovery [18 MB pdf]
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Contingency plans for community outbreak of COVID-19 [1.1 MB pdf]
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Contracting out planned care [283 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 Hospital preparedness [430 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 Preparedness [1.2 MB pdf]
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COVID-19 Treatment protocols [239 KB pdf]
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ICCU and CPAC-thresholds [107 KB pdf]
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ICCU and HDU occupancy [360 KB pdf]
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Online ICU training for nurses [286 KB pdf]
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Pharmacists seconded to the vaccination programme [226 KB pdf]
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Planned care and medical imaging delays under Level 4 and 3 [243 KB pdf]
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ICCU beds capacity staffing and deferred surgery [550 KB pdf]
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Intensive Care beds [296 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 Checkpoints [262 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 New alert level system [278 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 Provision of case details [222 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 Impact on cervical screenings [241 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 Plans to vaccinate Maori [6.1 MB pdf]
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COVID-19 Maori NHI data [6.1 MB pdf]
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Myocarditis, pericarditis and COVID-19 vaccinations [435 KB pdf]
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COVID-19 2020
Hospitalisation costs [200 KB pdf]
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Hospitalisation data [720 KB pdf]
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Inventory of medical items including PPE [717 KB pdf]
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Pandemic preparations [504 KB pdf]
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PPE inventory and projected demand [304 KB pdf]
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Ventilator inventory [446 KB pdf]
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Births during lockdown [623 KB pdf]
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Border restriction impact on DHB workforce [833 KB pdf]
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Deferred elective surgical procedures [439 KB pdf]
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Impact on oral health services [265 KB pdf]
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PPE distribution [4.5 MB pdf]
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Ventilator capacity [311 KB pdf]
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Visitor policy during pandemic levels [3.3 MB pdf]
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Community based assessment centres [489 KB pdf]
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High dependency beds [182 KB pdf]
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Hospital demand [713 KB pdf]
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Impact on staffing and occupancy [314 KB pdf]
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Respiratory fit testing [850 KB pdf]
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Finance, performance and facilities

Finance, performance and facilities 2022
EY New Zealand engagement [254 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Carbon reduction [230 KB pdf]
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Resident Medical Officer locum costs [285 KB pdf]
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Maternal mental health funding [278 KB pdf]
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Donations and bequests [196 KB pdf]
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Executive Leadership Team credit card spend [245 KB pdf]
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Crime scene cleaners [227 KB pdf]
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Commissioned research expenditure [276 KB pdf]
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Strategic risk register [1.9 MB pdf]
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Communications employees [409 KB pdf]
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Earthquake prone buildings [97 KB pdf]
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Health Partners Consulting engagement [392 KB pdf]
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Seismic assessments [390 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Cameras with Automatic Number Plate Recognition [81 KB pdf]
[Click to download]

Finance, performance and facilities 2021
Living wage employer [433 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Spend on outsourced staffing [770 KB pdf]
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Pathology service contracts [207 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
OIA charging guidelines [192 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
IT suppliers and contract details [223 KB pdf]
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Gift register [201 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Cyber security [65 KB pdf]
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External contractors [182 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Progressive procurement policy [163 KB pdf]
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Spend on acute admissions [57 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
OIA response times [63 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Privacy breaches reported [72 KB pdf]
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Hospital energy sources [62 KB pdf]
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Funded aged care facilities [63 KB pdf]
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Contractors in tier 1, 2 or 3 management [243 KB pdf]
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Fire suppression systems [264 KB pdf]
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DHB Meetings [264 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
DHB Apologies [235 KB pdf]
[Click to download]

Finance, performance and facilities 2020
Christmas functions, bonuses, international travel [206 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Coal boilers [302 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Asbestos management plan [3.6 MB pdf]
[Click to download]
Hospital floor area [212 KB pdf]
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Theft of hospital items [321 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
External consultancies engaged [1005 KB pdf]
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Sensitive expenditure [397 KB pdf]
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Ineligible patients - total amounts invoiced [717 KB pdf]
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Intraocular lenses cost and volume [223 KB pdf]
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Locum spend by specialty [202 KB pdf]
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Ineligible patients - total amounts invoiced (2) [231 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Ineligible patients - total amounts invoiced (3) [192 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Average salary by gender [233 KB pdf]
[Click to download]

 

Mental health and addiction

Mental health and addiction 2022
Mental health procedural information [225 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Mental health waitlist, and impact of vaccine mandate [290 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Maternal mental health referrals [266 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Suicide risk assessment [2.6 MB pdf]
[Click to download]
Emergency Department presentations with 'suicidal thoughts' [202 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Methadone treatment [219 KB pdf]
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Alcohol and drug assessments in district courts [204 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Mental health and addiction services [563 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Mental health contracting [374 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Seclusion data [376 KB pdf]
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Mental health and addiction 2021
Mental health and addiction services [798 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Measures to ensure Tino Rangitiratanga of Maori mental health inpatients [250 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Eating disorder services [303 KB pdf]
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Acute mental health services [352 KB pdf]
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Mental health units [2.4 MB pdf]
[Click to download]
Accessing support post discharge [715 KB pdf]
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Mental health services [283 KB pdf]
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Gender affirming health care [300 KB pdf]
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis and services [241 KB pdf]
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Alcohol and drug residential treatment [259 KB pdf]
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Mental health and addiction 2020
White House capacity [231 KB pdf]
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Psychiatric patient numbers [252 KB pdf]
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Maori referrals and psychologist workforce [677 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Prescriptions, admissions, funding, complaints [233 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Referrals by Maori and non-Maori [223 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Healthcare for transgender people [203 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Maori specific services [203 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Gender affirming healthcare [269 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Gender diversity [444 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Gender reassignment hormone therapy [547 KB pdf]
[Click to download]

People and capability

People and capability 2022
Assaults and verbal abuse on healthcare staff [284 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Aggression and violence against nurses [288 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
WorkAon claims for shoulder and neck injuries [272 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Psychologist headcount, salary step, location [352 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Assaults on staff [253 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Marlborough staff count [1.1 MB pdf]
[Click to download]
Vacancies as at 30 June 2022 [357 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
General Practitioner employment [406 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Employees under an Individual Employment Agreement [364 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Spiritual care policy [625 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Complaints lodged by those who identify as Maori [368 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Medical radiation technologists [311 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Postgraduate doctors in community-based settings [241 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Postgraduate year 1 doctors [242 KB pdf]
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Theatre nurses [240 KB pdf]
[Click to download]

People and capability 2021
Assaults on staff [755 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
RMO cross cover and additional duties [736 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
RMO part time and step on salary scale [630 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Data sharing [2.4 MB pdf]
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Employment and procurement [156 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Psychometric testing [234 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Staff vacancies [234 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Ethnicity of staff Wahi Oranga mental health inpatient unit [222 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
SMO Leave [236 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Psychologist headcount and salary [66 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Neurology staffing and appointments [67 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
ED RMO FTE [80 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
2015 and 2017 Staff surveys [256 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Nurse leavers [97 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Pharmacy staff - Headcount, FTE and resignations [203 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Pharmacy staff qualifications [208 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Surveillance of staff [244 KB pdf]
[Click to download]

People and capability 2020
Reported assaults or harassment [866 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Publication of DHB policies [267 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Assaults on employees [433 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Psychotherapist workforce [369 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Registered medical officer citizenship [238 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Board Pacific heritage [190 KB pdf]
[Click to download]

 

Strategy, primary and community

Strategy, primary and community 2022
Integrated community pharmacy services agreement application [430 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Integrated community pharmacy services agreement application [2.9 MB pdf]
[Click to download]
Dementia and psychogeriatric beds [204 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Diabetic foot services [240 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Aged residential care and hospital bed capacity [234 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Palliative care services [245 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Data collection for aged residential provider vacancies [242 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Sign language interpreters [317 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Services for people who stutter [241 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Water monitoring of Rarangi aquifer in Marlborough [227 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Transgender healthcare [964 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Issue of repair notices under housing improvement regulations [395 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Integrated community pharmacy services agreement [1.1 MB pdf]
[Click to download]

Strategy, primary and community 2021
Interpreting services [431 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Age-related residential care [622 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Alcohol licensing [1.7 MB pdf]
[Click to download]
He Oranga Maori best practice guidelines [12 MB pdf]
[Click to download]
Childhood immunisation data [1.2 MB pdf]
[Click to download]
Diabetic foot services [77 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
OPCAT reports of aged care facilities [81 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
School based HPV immunisation [204 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Alcohol-and-drug-residential-treatment.pdf [259 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Water quality of private water supplies for local community use [277 KB pdf]
[Click to download]

Strategy, primary and community 2020
Raw milk and notifiable cases [1.8 MB pdf]
[Click to download]
Re-usable nappies ECCs [13 MB pdf]
[Click to download]
Budget population nutrition promotion [242 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Copy referral pathways [338 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Smoke free policies [3.4 MB pdf]
[Click to download]
Smoker status and Admissions by ethnicity [738 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Chemist Warehouse [255 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Urgent care services [418 KB pdf]
[Click to download]
Home based support services [389 KB pdf]
[Click to download]