13 October 2021
Jayson Chilvers
By email: [FYI request #16772 email]
Tēnā koe Mr Chilvers
Re:
Information request
Our ref:
E21HDC01863
Thank you for your email
of
16 September 2021 requesting “the number and nature
of complaints made towards reproductive and fertility services in the last 5 years, what
these complaints concern and how they were resolved.”
I have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982. Please find
the information requested below:
Table 1. Number of complaints received about fertility clinics each year:
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
0
3
5
7
8
Table 2. Primary issues complained about in complaints received about fertility clinics
between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2021
Primary issue
Number of complaints
Access/funding issues
3
Care/treatment issues
9
Communication issues
2
Consent/information issues
5
Documentation issues
1
Facility issues
3
Table 3. Outcomes of complaints closed about fertility clinics between 1 July 2016 and 30
June 2021*
Outcome for clinic
Number of complaints
Investigation
2
Breach finding
2
Other resolution following assessment
17
No further action with recommendations
2
or educational comment
Referred to provider
2
Referred to Advocacy
5
No further action
8
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2
*Please note that some of the complaints closed in the specific time period (1 July 2016 to
30 June 2021) may have been opened prior to that time period. Further, some complaints
opened during the specific time period may not yet be closed. Therefore the number of
complaints closed will not correlate with number of complaints received.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Nath Lostitmonton
Legal Advisor