Planning and Funding
Telephone: 0064 3 364 4130
P O Box 1600,
Fax: 0064 3 364 4165
CHRISTCHURCH
[email address]
9 September 2019
Belinda Hodson
3 Sunrise Boulevard
Tawa
Email: [email address];
[FYI request #11167 email]; Dear Ms Hodson
RE Official Information Act request CDHB 10180
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email dated 8 September 2019 requesting the following information
under the Official Information regarding Thyroid guidelines/policies, citation lists and monitoring from
Canterbury DHB. Specifically:
1. Guidelines and/or policy on thyroid diagnosis, testing and treatment issued/used/supported by the
District health Board; plus a) the citation list (NZ and international clinical research studies, other
clinical papers and publications including randomised control trials and guidelines) that support these
guidelines/policy. Citations are to include those on safety, benefits, efficacy, risk, and risk
management; AND b). The citation list of all patient survey data that supports these guidelines/policy.
2. From the period 1 January 1990 through to 31 March 2019, all studies carried out by the District
Health Board (DHB), referred to or sourced by the DHB (NZ or international studies) that:
a) Monitor the impact of guidelines/policies on thyroid diagnosis, testing and treatment on the health
and wellbeing of NZ thyroid patients; and b) All studies examining thyroid patients' experience of
diagnosis and treatment
We will consider your request against the provisions of the Official Information Act (see below) and advise you of
our decision regarding the release of information within 20 working days (being the statutory timeframe
provided within the Act.) Accordingly, we will notify you, no later than 8 October 2019, of our decision.
Your request is being handled by Kathleen Smitheram. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact
either myself (details above) or Kathleen.
([email address]; Phone 364-4134). Please
refer to the OIA number above when phoning or emailing.
If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us
so that these can be taken into account.
Yours sincerely
Wayne Turp
Project Specialist
15 Decisions on requests
(1) Subject to this Act, the department or Minister of the Crown or organisation to whom a request is made in accordance wit
h section 12
or is transferred in accordance wit
h section 14 of this Act o
r section 12 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
1987 shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days after the day on which the request is received
by that department or Minister of the Crown or organisation,—
(1)(a) decide whether the request is to be granted and, if it is to be granted, in what manner and for what charge (if any); and
(1)(b) give or post to the person who made the request notice of the decision on the request
[If we are unable to make a decision on your request by the date noted above, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.]