Hospital occupancy due to respiratory diseases from 2020-2023
Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Ministry of Health,
1 What was the percentage of hospital
Occupancy for respiratory diseases in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023?
2 For those who died of Covid or with covid what was the average age of death for these deaths?
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
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Tçnâ koe Erika,
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to Manatû Hauora (the Ministry of Health) on 5 April 2024.
Manatû Hauora does not hold any information relating to your request;
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– Health New Zealand. For this reason, I have decided to transfer your
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Kia ora Erika
Please find attached a letter from the Ministry of Health regarding your
requests for information.
In addition to the requests noted in the letter, the Ministry asks that
you also consider the OIA you’ve recently submitted on 9 April 2024. A
copy of which is attached for ease of reference.
If you have any queries, please feel free to get in touch. We look forward
to your response.
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear OIA Requests,
It is unfortunate that there is no existing documentation or publications relating to the information I request in this OIA. However this does not diminish the importance or the actions of the MoH and the information around their actions spending public money. I will copy and paste from the Official Information Act:
The purposes of this Act are, consistently with the principle of the Executive Government’s responsibility to Parliament,—
(a)to increase progressively the availability of official information to the people of New Zealand in order—
(i)to enable their more effective participation in the making and administration of laws and policies; and
(ii)to promote the accountability of Ministers of the Crown and officials,—
and thereby to enhance respect for the law and to promote the good government of New Zealand:
(b) to provide for proper access by each person to official information relating to that person:
(c)to protect official information to the extent consistent with the public interest and the preservation of personal privacy.
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
From: Erika Whittome
Dear OIA Requests,
I have recently received a copy of the Auckland District Health Boards annual report
https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/assets/Up...
On page 11 there is data "ACUTE HOSPITAL BED DAYS PER 1,000 POPULATION " which shows no increase for hospitalization at Auckland DHB for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 .
Given I have located excellent data from the Auckland DHB which is for the largest city in NZ, I would request that this OIA can be closed because I have found the information myself.
I conclude that there was no hospital occupancy increase at the Auckland DHB for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 . The graph is a flat line for these years. And certainly there was no increase for respiratory illnesses such as covid. If you have already prepared this data in the statutory timeframe, it may be of benefit to share it in the event that it differs from the ADHB report.
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
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Kia ora Erika,
Can you please confirm if your email relates to question 1 of your below request? If so, this request was transferred to HNZ and I will email them to close the request.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
From: Erika Whittome <[FOI #26329 email]>;
Received: Fri Apr 05 2024 17:19:22 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>; OIA <[email address]>;
Subject: Official Information request - Hospital occupancy due to respiratory diseases from 2020-2023
Dear Ministry of Health,
1 What was the percentage of hospital
Occupancy for respiratory diseases in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023?
2 For those who died of Covid or with covid what was the average age of death for these deaths?
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear OIA Requests,
Yes that was for question 1.
Would you please share the answer for question 2.
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
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Kia ora Erika
Thank you for confirming you would like to withdraw part 1 of your
request.
We have passed your correspondence on to Te Whatu Ora | Health New
Zealand, as their agency was transferred this request in accordance with
section 14 of the Act.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
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From: Erika Whittome <[FOI #26329 email]>
Sent: Monday, 6 May 2024 06:53
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Request to close OIA - percentage of hospital occupancy
Dear OIA Requests,
Yes that was for question 1.
Would you please share the answer for question 2.
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
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