Staff to patient ratio in hospitals trends
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From: DG
Dear Ministry of Health,
Can you please provide me with the following data:
- For all hospitals in New Zealand, Staff to patient ratios per month for the period January 2021 to July 2022 (or the latest available data as close to July 2022 as is available).
- If this is not a metric measured in NZ hospitals then please provide a similar ratio that is used to track the efficiency of staff to patient relationship.
Yours faithfully,
Dan
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From: Haylee Edwards
Kia ora DG,
Thank you for your request for official information received on 18 July
2022 for:
"- For all hospitals in New Zealand, Staff to patient ratios per month for
the period January 2021 to July 2022 (or the latest available data as
close to July 2022 as is available).
- If this is not a metric measured in NZ hospitals then please provide a
similar ratio that is used to track the efficiency of staff to patient
relationship."
Your request asks for information which is more closely connected with the
functions of Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand). For this reason, the
Ministry of Health has decided to transfer your request to Te Whatu Ora
under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act. You can expect a response from Te
Whatu Ora in due course.
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Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
M[2]inistry of Health information releases
U[3]nite against COVID-19
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Can I please add additional data to this request?
Can I please see the underlying data that is used to calculate the requested ratio/metric?
For example, can I see the total number of patients and total number of staff trends for the same period?
This will help understanding what is driving any changes in the ratio/metric, whether driven by changes patient numbers or by changes in staff numbers
Thank you
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