Tçnâ koe

 

Thank you for contacting the office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of
Health, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible
for the NZSIS, Minister Responsible for the GCSB, Minister Responsible for
Pike River Re-entry and Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s
Response to The Royal Commission’s Report into the Terrorist Attack on the
Christchurch Mosques.

 

For the latest updates on COVID-19, we encourage you to check the
dedicated [1]COVID-19 and [2]Ministry of Health websites regularly. They
will be updated as soon as new information is available.

 

For general health advice and information you can call Healthline on
Freephone 0800 611 116 anytime.

 

If you need to talk to someone about how you are feeling, you can call or
text 1737 for free at any time to talk to a trained counsellor. There is
more information available here: [3]https://1737.org.nz/.

 

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important, and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
personally reply to all emails. As such, the following guidelines apply:

 

·       If your message is for Minister Little’s advice, or if you have
copied your email to another Minister and/or Member of Parliament with
more appropriate portfolio responsibilities, then this will be noted,

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staff may contact you for more information if the Minister’s attendance
might be possible,

·       If you have made a request for official information then this will
be managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information
Act 1982, which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or
agency,

·       If you have made a request under the Privacy Act then this will be
managed in accordance with the principles of the Privacy Act 2020, which
may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency,

·       If you are a journalist then your request will be triaged by a
press secretary,

·       To find out more about Minister Little read his [4]biography or
recent [5]statements.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Office of Hon Andrew Little MP
Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email [6][Andrew Little request email]
| Web [7]beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost Parliament, Private Bag 18 041,
Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

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Kia ora Chuck
On behalf of Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Health, thank you for your
Official Information request of 19 May 2022.

 

You requested:

"Can you please provide all of the Medsafe / Pharmac approved medicines in
New Zealand that have been responsible for one or more death in the last
15 years, and can you please provide if they are still in use.  Please
also provide the reporting that meant the medicine was retained, or
removed from use.  Please provide in the following format.
Year - Medicine - Total Deaths - Still in use - Yes or No
Reporting associated with removing or retaining the medicine.”

 

The information requested appears to be more closely associated with the
functions and responsibilities of the Ministry of Health. Accordingly I am
transferring your request the Ministry under section 14(b)(ii) of the
Official Information Act 1982.

You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review this decision to transfer your request for information.

 

Ngâ mihi nui

 

Steph Harding
Private Secretary (Health)

 

Office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of Health, Lead Coordination
Minister for the Government’s Response to The Royal Commission’s Report
into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques, Minister for Treaty
of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the NZSIS, Minister
Responsible for the GCSB, Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry
Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email
[1][Andrew Little request email] | Web [2]beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost
Parliament, Private Bag 18 041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand

[3]https://xink.io/wp-content/themes/Xink/a...

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[8]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160,
New Zealand

 

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Kia ora Chuck,  

  

Thank you for your request for official information received on 19 May
2022 for: 

  

"...provide all of the Medsafe / Pharmac approved medicines in New Zealand
that have been responsible for one or more death in the last 15 years, and
can you please provide if they are still in use. Please also provide the
reporting that meant the medicine was retained, or removed from use.
Please provide in the following format.

Year - Medicine - Total Deaths - Still in use - Yes or No
Reporting associated with removing or retaining the medicine" 

  

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202206702.  

  

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 17 June 2022, 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. 

Ngā mihi

 

OIA Services Team

 

[1]Ministry of Health information releases

[2]Unite against COVID-19

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Kia ora Chuck, 

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) on 19 May 2022 for:  

 

“Provide all of the Medsafe / Pharmac approved medicines in New Zealand
that have been responsible for one or more death in the last 15 years, and
can you please provide if they are still in use. Please also provide the
reporting that meant the medicine was retained, or removed from use.
Please provide in the following format. 

Year - Medicine - Total Deaths - Still in use - Yes or No 

Reporting associated with removing or retaining the medicine.” 

 

The information you have requested is not held by the Ministry. This
information is only held when a report is made to Medsafe, the Ministry or
the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM) at the University of
Otago. It is not always known if the death was in any way related to an
approved medicine, a combination of a side effect and poor treatment, or
for example, an interaction with a food.  

 

A summary of reports of suspected adverse reactions to medicines can be
found at: [1]www.medsafe.govt.nz/Projects/B1/ADRDisclaimer.asp. The number
of reports stating the person had died is stated in the output. All
approved medicines in New Zealand are publicly available at:
[2]www.medsafe.govt.nz/regulatory/DbSearch.asp. 

 

If an approved medicine is removed from the market because it causes
death, this would be communicated and published here:
[3]www.medsafe.govt.nz/safety/SafetyCommunications.asp. You can also view
the archives at: [4]www.medsafe.govt.nz/safety/AlertsArchive.asp.  

 

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

Ngâ mihi 

  

OIA Services Team 

  

[6]Ministry of Health information releases 

[7]Unite against COVID-19 

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4. https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/safety/Alert...
5. mailto:[email address]
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7. https://covid19.govt.nz/