Reference: 20230287
26 June 2023
Delia Mason
FYI
[FYI request #23004 email]
Dear Delia
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act, received on 4 June
2023. You requested:
Please provide copies of all advice you provided to Ministers from 2017-2022
about the proposal for health system reform. Please include:
- all advice about the establishment of the Health and Disability System Review
led by Heather Simpson, and the government decisions that were taken following
that report
- all advice about the establishment of the health reforms unit inside DPMC, and
- all advice to Ministers that led to the establishment of the new health agencies,
including any views on whether agencies were ready for the 1 July 2022 'go live'
date.
Please interrupt my request broadly and include any emails, meetings, briefings,
memos, cabinet papers etc that relate to this request.
I have decided under section 15A of the Official Information Act to extend the time limit
for deciding on your request by an additional 40 working days. The new due date for
responding to your request is 29 August 2023.
The extension is required because your request necessitates a search through a large
quantity of information before a decision can be made on your request.
This extension will also apply to the time limit for transferring your request, should this
become relevant.
Notwithstanding this extension, I undertake to decide on your request as soon as
reasonably practicable.
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PO Box 3724
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
tel. +64-4-472-2733
https://treasury.govt.nz
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review this decision.
Yours sincerely
Jess Hewat
Manager, Health and ACC
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