Communication between Auckland District Health Board and the Ministry of Health about the provision of helicopter air ambulance services in the Northern Region

Shay McGuinness made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health

The request was refused by Ministry of Health.

From: Shay McGuinness

Dear Ministry of Health,

Please provide all communications (Including but not limited to: emails, letters, memos, reports, papers and text messages) between the following senior individuals in the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) regarding the provision of helicopter air ambulance services.

ADHB
1. Ailsa Claire
2. Pat Sneddon
3. Joanne Gibbs

MoH
1. Hon David Clarke
2. Ashley Bloomfield
3. Keriana Brooking
4. Clare Perry

Note:
1. Applicable dates are 1/1/2019 to 10/3/2020
2. Emails include those sent, received or cc'd and include any attachments.

Yours faithfully,

Shay McGuinness

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Kia ora

Thank you for your request for official information.

The Ministry's reference number for your request is H202001332.

You can expect a response on or by 7 April 2020.

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

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Dear Shay

Thank you for your request for official information, ref: H202001332
received on 10 March 2020 requesting:

"Please provide all communications (Including but not limited to: emails,
letters, memos, reports, papers and text messages) between the following
senior individuals in the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Auckland District
Health Board (ADHB) regarding the provision of helicopter air ambulance
services.

ADHB
1. Ailsa Claire
2. Pat Sneddon
3. Joanne Gibbs

MoH
1. Hon David Clarke
2. Ashley Bloomfield
3. Keriana Brooking
4. Clare Perry

Note:
1. Applicable dates are 1/1/2019 to 10/3/2020
2. Emails include those sent, received or cc'd and include any
attachments."

The request as it is currently worded is for a very large volume of
information and may be refused under section 18(f) of the Official
Information Act 1982, because the information requested cannot be made
available without substantial collation or research.  If it is possible
for you to narrow the scope of your request either by selecting a shorter
time frame and/or specifying a topic, we may be able to provide you with
information. If you do not want to specify a topic then if you could
please narrow the timeframe to within a month.

Kind regards

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

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From: Shay McGuinness

Dear Ministry of Health,

I disagree.

The request is already narrow in that it includes only a few senior members of both organisations.

Please proceed with the request as originally submitted.

Yours faithfully,

Shay McGuinness

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From: Shay McGuinness

Dear Ministry of Health,

I disagree.

The request is already narrow in that it includes only a few senior members of both organisations.

However, in order to assist you in meeting your obligations under the OIA including in providing information as soon as possible I am prepared to reduce this request to:

"Please provide all communications (Including but not limited to: emails,
letters, memos, reports, papers and text messages) between the following
senior individuals in the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Auckland District
Health Board (ADHB) regarding the provision of helicopter air ambulance
services.

ADHB
1. Ailsa Claire

MoH
1. Ashley Bloomfield
2. Keriana Brooking

Note:
1. Applicable dates are 1/7/2019 to 10/3/2020
2. Emails include those sent, received or cc'd and include any
attachments."

As this is a substantially reduced request I anticipate you being able to provide it within the original 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Shay McGuinness

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From: Shay McGuinness

Dear Ministry of Health,

You are now over the permitted maximum allowed time for a response to this request.

Please provide an explanation for the delay and an indication when you will complete the response.

Yours faithfully,

Shay McGuinness

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Kia ora Mr McGuinness

Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

From:        "Shay McGuinness"
<[FOI #12422 email]>
To:        "OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health"
<[Ministry of Health request email]>,
Date:        14/04/2020 04:06 p.m.
Subject:        Re: Refinement of your request for official information,
Ref: H202001332

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Dear Ministry of Health,

You are now over the permitted maximum allowed time for a response to this
request.

Please provide an explanation for the delay and an indication when you
will complete the response.

Yours faithfully,

Shay McGuinness

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