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Harold
By email: [FYI request #18661 email]
Ref:
H202203038
Tēnā koe Harold
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) received by the
Ministry of Health (the Ministry) on 24 February 2022 for information regarding the Health
System Preparedness Programme (HSPP).
On 6 July 2022, the Ministry partially responded to your request and advised you that a decision
had been made on the remaining parts of your request. Please find this information below:
For these groups:
1) HSPP Governance Group
2) HSPP Assurance Group (if it is different to the Governance Group)
3) HSPP Steering Group
I would like to request copies of their Terms of Reference
The requested documents are outlined in Appendix 1 with copies enclosed. Please refer to
Documents 1 to 3.
I would like to request copies of all HSPP reports-back or progress reports submitted to
any Minister, dated since the beginning of February 2022.
The Ministry has identified several documents within scope of this part of your request. Please
refer to Documents 4 to 9, outlined in Appendix 1.
I trust this information fulfils your request. 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:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Ministry website at:
www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/responses-official-
information-act-requests.
Nāku noa, nā
Robyn Shearer
Deputy Chief Executive & Deputy Director-General
System Performance and Monitoring
Appendix 1: List of documents for release
#
Date
Title
Decision on release
1
September 2021 HSPP Assurance Group Terms of
Released in full.
Reference
2
November 2021 HSPP Steering Group Terms of
Reference
3
N/A
Declaration Form Terms of
Reference
4
February – April Situation reports
2022
5
February – April Omicron Work programmes
2022
6
February – April HSPP weekly reports extracts
Excerpts have been released
2022
in accordance with section
16(1)(e) of the Act, with
information deemed out of
scope of your request
excluded.
7
March – April
Care in the Community Weekly
Released in full.
2022
Dashboards
8
17 March 2022
Memo: Availability and distribution of Information withheld under
COVID-19 therapeutics for use in the section 9(2)(a) of the Act, to
community
protect the privacy of natural
9
23 March 2022
Memo: COVID-19 Care in the
persons, including deceased
Community Framework – Omicron
natural persons.
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