Dear Ministry of Health,

I am wanting ALL Official Information about Functional Neurological Disorder and the medical terms including diagnosis and symptoms, being used to describe this neurological disorder in the New Zealand Healthcare system

I am wanting ALL Official information about Functional Neurological Disorder and what resources neurology and medical staff have to support them, in the diagnosis, treatment and aftercare of patients in hospitals across New Zealand

I am wanting ALL Official information about Functional Neurological Disorder around government funding for FND across our hospitals, outpatient service providers and general practitioners in the diagnosis and treatment of FND

I am wanting ALL Official Information about Functional Neurological Disorder around government funding for persons diagnosed with FND in New Zealand and eligibility criteria of FND against the current (DSS) disability-funded criteria of medical conditions

I am wanting ALL Official Information around what medical conditions are government funded (now Whaikaha-funded) and for how long (DSS eligibility criteria)

I am wanting ALL Official information around the Ministry of Health long term cross government disability policy work programme and what medical conditions have been currently included

I am wanting ALL Official information about the reasons why FND has been excluded from any government health related support

I am wanting ALL Official information about Functional Neurological Disorder and if we have any FND treatment clinics across New Zealand within the healthcare system for treatment of patients

I am wanting ALL Official information of statistics of persons in New Zealand diagnosed with FND (not including personal information of persons) just statistics only

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Brodrick

Dear Ministry of Health,

Thankyou so much and I am satisfied with this response.

Yours faithfully,

Sarah