20 January 2022
Andrew McGregor
E-mail:
[FYI request #17687 email]
Dear Andrew
Official Information Act (OIA) Request
Your recent OIA request to the Ministry of Health, part of which has been
transferred to District Health Boards, is acknowledged.
The information you have requested follows.
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The percentage of patients that have been declined referrals from
multiple internal and external requests for gastrointestinal
department – multiple being more than three separate GP/Doctor
referrals.
•
The timeframe is from 1 January 2021 through to 1 November
2021.
MidCentral District Health Board (MDHB) had no reported cases of patients
having more than three rejected referrals for the Gastroenterology Service
over the timeframe stipulated.
Please note that this response, or an edited version of this response, may be
published on the MDHB website 10 working days after your receipt of this
response.
Yours sincerely
Lyn Horgan
Operations Executive
Acute & Elective Specialist Services
Operations Executive, Acute & Elective Specialist Services
MidCentral District Health Board, PO Box 2056, Palmerston North 4440
Telephone (06) 356 9169