Kia ora Hiria,

 

Thank you for your request for official information received on 17 October
2021 for:

 

"Could you please tell me who (as in organisation and team not person/s )
collects vaccination centre, location of interest and testing site
information for publishing to the public by the Ministry of Health?

 

Who has ultimate authority over vaccination centre, location of interest
and testing site information is it the Ministry of Health or someone else?

 

Is vaccination centre, location of interest and testing site information
considered public data? As the creation of vaccination and testing centres
and the contact tracing service are funded by public monies.

 

What is the working relationship of Ministry of Health and Healthpoint, as
in what service or services does Healthpoint provide the Ministry.

 

Is the information held by Healthpoint within the Healthpoint Directory
website
[1]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...
public data?

 

Does Healthpoint pay the Ministry of Health for the information that is
contained within the Healthpoint Directory?

 

Does the Ministry of Health know that Healthpoint charges a fee to Health
organisations in order to access the Healthpoint Directory API?

 

Why doesn't Ministry of Health pay the fee for all Health organisations to
use the Healthpoint API?”

 

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202114519

 

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 15 November 2021, being
20 working days after the day your request was received.

 

Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. If
we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we will
notify you of an extension of that time frame.

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

E: [2][email address]

 

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Kia ora Hiria,

 

Thank you for your request for official information received on 17 October
2021 for the following:

 

“Could you please tell me who (as in organisation and team not person/s )
collects vaccination centre, location of interest and testing site
information for publishing to the public by the Ministry of Health?
Who has ultimate authority over vaccination centre, location of interest
and testing site information is it the Ministry of Health or someone else?

Is vaccination centre, location of interest and testing site information
considered public data? As the creation of vaccination and testing centres
and the contact tracing service are funded by public monies.

What is the working relationship of Ministry of Health and Healthpoint, as
in what service or services does Healthpoint provide the Ministry.

Is the information held by Healthpoint within the Healthpoint Directory
website
[1]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...
public data?

Does Healthpoint pay the Ministry of Health for the information that is
contained within the Healthpoint Directory?

Does the Ministry of Health know that Healthpoint charges a fee to Health
organisations in order to access the Healthpoint Directory API?

Why doesn't Ministry of Health pay the fee for all Health organisations to
use the Healthpoint API?”

 

We are contacting you to clarify parts of your request. Can you please
clarify what are you meaning by ‘public data’?

 

We look forward to receiving your response.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

E: [2][email address]

 

 

 

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Kia ora Hiria,

 

Please find attached the response for your request for official
information.

 

Ngā mihi

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

E: [1][email address]

 

 

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