12 July 2024
Helen Gibbs
[FYI request #26820 email]
Tēnā koe Helen
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00048150
Thank you for your email on 15 May 2024, extended 12 June 2024, asking Health New Zealand |
Te Whatu Ora for the following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
What is the current budget per person for hospital meals?
Response
Health NZ does not budget meals on a cost per patient basis. To adequately respond to your
request would require us to calculate this based on total costs/budgets and patients over a set
period. Due to the substantial nature of this exercise, we are refusing your request under section
18(f) of the Act, substantial collation and research.
While not exactly what asked, we hope you find the following breakdown of last financial year’s
total budget for meals per hospital helpful:
District
Hospital
Patient Meals ($)
Northland
Whangarei
4,306,325
Waitemata
North Shore
7,559,217
Auckland
Auckland City
15,016,782
Counties Manukau
Middlemore
11,138,111
Waikato
Waikato
3,770,000
Palmerston
MidCentral
North
4,997,225
Capital and Coast
Wellington
9,164,107
Canterbury
Christchurch
7,046,433
Southern
Dunedin
4,988,476
Southern
Invercargil
2,071,048
Total
70,057,724
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Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.
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contact details, wil be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Auxilia Nyangoni
Acting Chief Financial Officer
Office of the Chief Executive
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wellington 6140, New Zealand