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M.R.M
By email:
[FYI request #15238 email]
Ref:
H202105028
Dear M.R.M
Transfer of your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 23 April 2021
for:
“Please can you provide me with the fol owing Official Information:-
1. Are there going to be job losses across the 20 DHB's and if so what number of DHB
employees wil likely lose their jobs?
2. Wil the appointees for the new agency positions be selected from the employees
currently fil ing positions at the 20 DHB's, and if not, why not?
3. Wil any of the 20 DHB's remain 'as is' but be taken in under the umbrel a of the new
agency? If so how many, and, which ones exactly, wil this apply to?”
The questions you have asked are future focused and information in answer to these questions
has not been created. As such, your request has been refused under section 18(e) of the Act as
the information does not yet exist.
The latest information about the Health and Disability Sector Review is available on the website
of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet at: https://dpmc.govt.nz/our-business-
units/transition-unit.
Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by cal ing 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Nick Al an
Manager OIA Services
Office of the Director-General