Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act (the Act) request. This is
an automatic reply to let you know we received it.

 

Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. We
will endeavour to acknowledge your request as soon as possible. Further
information about COVID-19 can be found on our
website: [1]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...

 

In accordance with the Act, we'll let you know our decision within no more
than 20 working days. If you'd like to calculate the timeframe, you can
use the Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [2]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/

If you have any questions while we're processing your request, please let
us know via [3][email address]

 

Ngā mihi  

OIA Services Team  

   

[4]Ministry of Health information releases  

[5]Unite against COVID-19 

 

 

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Kia ora Andrew,

 

Thank you for your requests for official information received on 24
November 2021 for:

 

"Guidelines/procedure for investigating possible Colonic Motility
Dysfunction/Defecatory Disorders/Anorectal Dysfunction”

 

Two additional requests for official information were received on 24
November 2021 for:

 

“What are the official Guidelines/procedures for urgent X-rays (24 hour)”

And:

               “What are the Guidelines/procedures for patients repeatedly
admitted to Emergency Department with severe epigastric pain/ and upper
right and left quadrant pain”

 

The Ministry of Health has consolidated your requests under reference
number: H202116573.

 

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 22 December 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: [1][email address]

 

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Kia ora Andrew,  

Thank you for your requests for official information received on 24
November 2021 for:

 

“What are the official Guidelines/procedures for urgent X-rays (24 hour)”

 

“What are the Guidelines/procedures for patients repeatedly admitted to
Emergency Department with severe epigastric pain/ and upper right and left
quadrant pain”

 

“Guidelines/procedure for investigating possible Colonic Motility
Dysfunction/Defecatory Disorders/Anorectal Dysfunction”

 

Your request asks for information which is more closely connected with the
functions of the District Health Boards (DHBs). For this reason, the
Ministry of Health has decided to transfer your request to all DHBs under
section 14(b)(ii) of the Act. You can expect a response from the DHBs in
due course.

 

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: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

 

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

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

OIA Services Team

 

[2]Ministry of Health information releases

[3]Unite against COVID-19

 

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Good afternoon Andrew,
 
I refer to your Official Information Act requests to the Ministry of
Health (REF:H202116573) which has been transferred to individual district
health boards for response.
 

* Guidelines/procedure for investigating possible Colonic Motility
Dysfunction/Defecatory Disorders/Anorectal Dysfunction
* What are the Guidelines/procedures for patients repeatedly admitted to
Emergency Department with severe epigastric pain/ and upper right and
left quadrant pain
* What are the official Guidelines/procedures for urgent X-rays (24
hour)

 
This is an acknowledgement email from Hawke’s Bay DHB that the transfer
request has been received and your OIA with our DHB has given the
Ref:OIA2021179.
 
Under the Official Information Act 1982, we have 20 working days from
receipt of referral.  Therefore we anticipate a response back to you on or
before 10 February 2022.
 
If we are unable to respond to your request within the required 20 working
days, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If any
additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request,
please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into
account.
 
Ngâ mihi
Kristie Saywell
OIA Coordinator and Communications Advisor
Communications Team
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board
Private Bag 9014, Hastings 4156
T: 06 878-8109 Extn: 6326
 
 
 
 

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Dear Andrew

 

Thank you for your OIA request transferred from Ministry of Health. We
will endeavour to respond to it as soon as possible and in any event
within the next 20 working days. Due to the summer closure period,
requests received from 26 November 2021 onwards are not due to be answered
to until 187 January 2022 onwards. This is in line with the Office of the
Ombudsman. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If any additional factors
come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate
to contact us so that these can be taken into account.　

We operate a proactive release policy where the DHB publishes
information on this website. As part of the policy we publish
selected OIA responses that may be of public interest. We may publish the
OIA response we send to you with your personal details redacted.

We now have a dedicated email address for OIA requests –
[1][email address]  Feel free to use this for future inquiries.

Zelda Rogers | Quality & Innovation Coordinator

 

 

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Kia ora

 

Thank you for your request for information under the Official Information
Act which has been transferred from the Ministry of Health to Lakes DHB.
This request has been logged and will be responded to within the required
20 working days.

 

Please note, we may publish the letter and any related documents you have
requested on the Lakes DHB’s website. The personal details of the
requester will be removed.

 

Our response letter will confirm if we intend to publish or not.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Theresa Fraser

Executive Assistant to Chief Executive, Lakes District Health Board | Ph
DDI - 07 349 7982 | Cell: 027 4309 948 | Email 
[1][email address] | Private Bag 3023 | Rotorua Mail
Centre| Rotorua 3046 |

 

 

From: OIA Requests [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Wednesday, 22 December 2021 11:37
To: Andrew McGregor; Andrew McGregor; Andrew McGregor
Subject: Your request for official information (Ref_H202116573)

 

Kia ora Andrew,  

Thank you for your requests for official information received on 24
November 2021 for:

 

“What are the official Guidelines/procedures for urgent X-rays (24 hour)”

 

“What are the Guidelines/procedures for patients repeatedly admitted to
Emergency Department with severe epigastric pain/ and upper right and left
quadrant pain”

 

“Guidelines/procedure for investigating possible Colonic Motility
Dysfunction/Defecatory Disorders/Anorectal Dysfunction”

 

Your request asks for information which is more closely connected with the
functions of the District Health Boards (DHBs). For this reason, the
Ministry of Health has decided to transfer your request to all DHBs under
section 14(b)(ii) of the Act. You can expect a response from the DHBs in
due course.

 

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: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

 

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

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

OIA Services Team

 

[3]Ministry of Health information releases

[4]Unite against COVID-19

 

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Kia ora

 

Thank you for your request for information under the Official Information
Act which has been transferred from the Ministry of Health to Lakes DHB.
This request has been logged and will be responded to within the required
20 working days.

 

Please note, we may publish the letter and any related documents you have
requested on the Lakes DHB’s website. The personal details of the
requester will be removed.

 

Our response letter will confirm if we intend to publish or not.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Theresa Fraser

Executive Assistant to Chief Executive, Lakes District Health Board | Ph
DDI - 07 349 7982 | Cell: 027 4309 948 | Email 
[1][email address] | Private Bag 3023 | Rotorua Mail
Centre| Rotorua 3046 |

 

 

From: OIA Requests [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Wednesday, 22 December 2021 11:37
To: Andrew McGregor; Andrew McGregor; Andrew McGregor
Subject: Your request for official information (Ref_H202116573)

 

Kia ora Andrew,  

Thank you for your requests for official information received on 24
November 2021 for:

 

“What are the official Guidelines/procedures for urgent X-rays (24 hour)”

 

“What are the Guidelines/procedures for patients repeatedly admitted to
Emergency Department with severe epigastric pain/ and upper right and left
quadrant pain”

 

“Guidelines/procedure for investigating possible Colonic Motility
Dysfunction/Defecatory Disorders/Anorectal Dysfunction”

 

Your request asks for information which is more closely connected with the
functions of the District Health Boards (DHBs). For this reason, the
Ministry of Health has decided to transfer your request to all DHBs under
section 14(b)(ii) of the Act. You can expect a response from the DHBs in
due course.

 

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: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

 

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

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

OIA Services Team

 

[3]Ministry of Health information releases

[4]Unite against COVID-19

 

Statement of confidentiality: This e-mail message and any accompanying
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legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use,
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received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and
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Kia ora

 

Thank you for your request for information under the Official Information
Act which has been transferred from the Ministry of Health to Lakes DHB.
This request has been logged and will be responded to within the required
20 working days.

 

Please note, we may publish the letter and any related documents you have
requested on the Lakes DHB’s website. The personal details of the
requester will be removed.

 

Our response letter will confirm if we intend to publish or not.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Theresa Fraser

Executive Assistant to Chief Executive, Lakes District Health Board | Ph
DDI - 07 349 7982 | Cell: 027 4309 948 | Email 
[1][email address] | Private Bag 3023 | Rotorua Mail
Centre| Rotorua 3046 |

 

 

From: OIA Requests [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Wednesday, 22 December 2021 11:37
To: Andrew McGregor; Andrew McGregor; Andrew McGregor
Subject: Your request for official information (Ref_H202116573)

 

Kia ora Andrew,  

Thank you for your requests for official information received on 24
November 2021 for:

 

“What are the official Guidelines/procedures for urgent X-rays (24 hour)”

 

“What are the Guidelines/procedures for patients repeatedly admitted to
Emergency Department with severe epigastric pain/ and upper right and left
quadrant pain”

 

“Guidelines/procedure for investigating possible Colonic Motility
Dysfunction/Defecatory Disorders/Anorectal Dysfunction”

 

Your request asks for information which is more closely connected with the
functions of the District Health Boards (DHBs). For this reason, the
Ministry of Health has decided to transfer your request to all DHBs under
section 14(b)(ii) of the Act. You can expect a response from the DHBs in
due course.

 

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: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

 

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

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

OIA Services Team

 

[3]Ministry of Health information releases

[4]Unite against COVID-19

 

Statement of confidentiality: This e-mail message and any accompanying
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Dear Andrew

 

We wish to acknowledge the transfer of your Official Information Act
requests sent to Waikato District Health Board by the Ministry of Health
on 22 December 2021.

 

As we are in the holiday closedown period the response due date is 11
February 2022.

 

Kind regards

 

Kezia Geange | Administrator to Executive Director, Hospital and Community
Services | Waikato District Health Board |e
[email address]

 

 

This electronic message, together with any attachments is confidential and
may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient: 1.do not copy,
disclose or use the contents in any way. 2.please let me know by return
email immediately and then destroy the message. Waikato DHB is not
responsible for any changes made to this message and/or any attachments
after sending by Waikato DHB. Before opening or using attachments, check
them for viruses and effects. Waikato DHB takes no responsibility for
affected attachments. Click on link www.waikatodhb.health.nz/disclaimer to
view the company policy website. If you are not redirected to the company
policy website then copy and paste the URL into a new browser window.

Dear Andrew

 

We wish to acknowledge the transfer of your Official Information Act
requests sent to Waikato District Health Board by the Ministry of Health
on 22 December 2021.

 

As we are in the holiday closedown period the response due date is 11
February 2022.

 

Kind regards

 

Kezia Geange | Administrator to Executive Director, Hospital and Community
Services | Waikato District Health Board |e
[email address]

 

 

This electronic message, together with any attachments is confidential and
may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient: 1.do not copy,
disclose or use the contents in any way. 2.please let me know by return
email immediately and then destroy the message. Waikato DHB is not
responsible for any changes made to this message and/or any attachments
after sending by Waikato DHB. Before opening or using attachments, check
them for viruses and effects. Waikato DHB takes no responsibility for
affected attachments. Click on link www.waikatodhb.health.nz/disclaimer to
view the company policy website. If you are not redirected to the company
policy website then copy and paste the URL into a new browser window.

Dear Andrew

 

We wish to acknowledge the transfer of your Official Information Act
requests sent to Waikato District Health Board by the Ministry of Health
on 22 December 2021.

 

As we are in the holiday closedown period the response due date is 11
February 2022.

 

Kind regards

 

Kezia Geange | Administrator to Executive Director, Hospital and Community
Services | Waikato District Health Board |e
[email address]

 

 

This electronic message, together with any attachments is confidential and
may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient: 1.do not copy,
disclose or use the contents in any way. 2.please let me know by return
email immediately and then destroy the message. Waikato DHB is not
responsible for any changes made to this message and/or any attachments
after sending by Waikato DHB. Before opening or using attachments, check
them for viruses and effects. Waikato DHB takes no responsibility for
affected attachments. Click on link www.waikatodhb.health.nz/disclaimer to
view the company policy website. If you are not redirected to the company
policy website then copy and paste the URL into a new browser window.

Dear Andrew

 

Please find the attached letter in response to your Official Information
Act dated 24 November 2021 which was transferred to Waikato DHB on 22
December 2021. Please also find attached the two documents that are
mentioned within the letter.

 

Kind regards

 

Kezia Geange | Administrator to Executive Director, Hospital and Community
Services | Waikato District Health Board |e
[email address]

 

 

This electronic message, together with any attachments is confidential and
may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient: 1.do not copy,
disclose or use the contents in any way. 2.please let me know by return
email immediately and then destroy the message. Waikato DHB is not
responsible for any changes made to this message and/or any attachments
after sending by Waikato DHB. Before opening or using attachments, check
them for viruses and effects. Waikato DHB takes no responsibility for
affected attachments. Click on link www.waikatodhb.health.nz/disclaimer to
view the company policy website. If you are not redirected to the company
policy website then copy and paste the URL into a new browser window.

Good afternoon Andrew,

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request
regarding guidelines/procedures.

 

Kind regards

Kristie 

 

Ngâ mihi

Kristie Saywell

OIA Coordinator and Communications Advisor

Communications Team

Hawke’s Bay District Health Board

Private Bag 9014, Hastings 4156

T: 06 878-8109 Extn: 6326

 

 

 

 

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Kia ora,

 

Please see attached response to your OIA request, apologies for the delay.

 

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Sophie Lyons  

SLT Administration Support  

   

South Canterbury District Health Board

Private Bag 911, Timaru

Fax [1]03 688 0238 | DDI 03 264 6627

[2]www.scdhb.health.nz

 

OUR Values - A Mâtou Uara
ICARE – Kei Te Manaaki Âhau
Integrity – Pono
Collaboration - Mahi Tahi
Accountability – Whaiwhakaaro
Respect – Whakaute
Excellence – Hiraka

 

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Dear Andrew

 

Northland DHB’s response to your recent Official Information Act requests
is attached.

 

Regards

Kathryn Leydon

 

Director Governance & Compliance 

Northland DHB

Tel 09 430 4100 ext 60640

[mobile number]

email [1][email address]

 

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Dear Andrew

 

Northland DHB’s response to your recent Official Information Act requests
is attached.

 

Regards

Kathryn Leydon

 

Director Governance & Compliance 

Northland DHB

Tel 09 430 4100 ext 60640

[mobile number]

email [1][email address]

 

 

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Dear Andrew

 

Northland DHB’s response to your recent Official Information Act requests
is attached.

 

Regards

Kathryn Leydon

 

Director Governance & Compliance 

Northland DHB

Tel 09 430 4100 ext 60640

[mobile number]

email [1][email address]

 

 

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Dear Andrew

 

Northland DHB’s response to your recent Official Information Act requests
is attached.

 

Regards

Kathryn Leydon

 

Director Governance & Compliance 

Northland DHB

Tel 09 430 4100 ext 60640

[mobile number]

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Dear Andrew

Please find attached our final response to your request for Information.

 

Regards

Dinah

 

Dinah Nicholas

Executive Assistant to Margie Apa - Chief Executive Officer

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Dear Andrew

Please find attached our final response to your request for Information.

 

Regards

Dinah

 

Dinah Nicholas

Executive Assistant to Margie Apa - Chief Executive Officer

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Dear Andrew

Please find attached our final response to your request for Information.

 

Regards

Dinah

 

Dinah Nicholas

Executive Assistant to Margie Apa - Chief Executive Officer

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Dear Andrew

Attached is a reply to your OIA request received 22 December 2021 from Lyn
Horgan, Operation Executive Acute & Elective Specialist Services.

Regards

Zelda Rogers | Quality & Innovation Coordinator

 

Dear Andrew

 

Notice of Decision

 

Nelson Marlborough Health has reached a decision to grant this request
under section 15(1)(b) of the Official Information Act 1982.

 

The information requested will be made available without undue delay.

 

An estimated timeframe for the release of information is 10 working days.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or free phone 0800 802 602.

 

Nelson Marlborough District Health Board | Private Bag 18 | Nelson 7040 |
[2]www.nmdhb.govt.nz

 

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