Planning and Funding Telephone: 0064 3 364 4193
P O Box 1600
[email address];
CHRISTCHURCH
2 February 2022
Paul Blackham
Email: [FYI request #18404 email]
Dear Paul Blackham
RE Official Information Act request WCDHB 9662
We are writing to acknowledge your email dated 1 February 2022 requesting the following information under
the Official Information Act from West Coast DHB. Specifically:
•
The number of people that have visited any/all hospitals and doctor's surgeries within the WCDHB
for any/all heart related issues, (including but not limited to pericarditis, myocarditis, heart attacks
and strokes). The data requested is for the 11 month period from February 2021 until December
2021 inclusive, displayed in month by month format, and compared to the monthly data for the
previous three years.
We will consider your request against the provisions of the Official Information Act (see below) and advise you
of our decision regarding the release of information within 20 working days (being the statutory timeframe
provided within the Act.) Accordingly, we will notify you no later than 3 March 2022 of our decision. This is
inclusive of the public holiday on 7 February 2022.
Your request is being handled by Kathleen Smitheram. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact
either myself (details above) or Kathleen.
([email address]; phone (03) 364-4134).
Please refer to the OIA number above when phoning or emailing. 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.
Yours sincerely
Ralph La Salle
Senior Team Leader OIAs
Planning, Funding & Decision Support
15 Decisions on requests
(1) Subject to this Act, the department or Minister of the Crown or organisation to whom a request is made in accordance
with section 12 or is transferred in accordance with section 14 of this Act or section 12 of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days
after the day on which the request is received by that department or Minister of the Crown or organisation,—
(1)(a) decide whether the request is to be granted and, if it is to be granted, in what manner and for what charge (if any);
and
(1)(b) give or post to the person who made the request notice of the decision on the request
[If we are unable to make a decision on your request by the date noted above, we will notify you of an extension of that
timeframe.]