Treatment Injury
Rodney Parsons made this Official Information request to Accident Compensation Corporation
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,
Anecdotally, there has been an increase in treatment injury in the New Zealand Health System over the last decade.
Please provide rates of treatment injury and thematic review for as far back as possible. Include business reports on treatment injury over the same period.
Yours faithfully,
Rodney Parsons
From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
Kia ora Rodney
Thank you for your request below. Before we can respond to your request,
we need more information.
In regard to your request for 'thematic review' could you please advise
what type of information you are seeking?
For example are you referring to any emerging themes from treatment injury
data, such as any increases in injuries related to surgical mesh?
Requests responded to under the OIA have a timeframe of 20 working days.
However, as we are asking you to clarify your request, the 20 days will
begin from the date we receive clarification from you.
We can be contacted via email at [1][email address].
Ngâ mihi
Christopher Johnston (he/him)
Manager | OIA Services
* PO Box 242, Wellington 6011
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From: Rodney Parsons
Thank you Christopher,
I'm after whatever subcategories you use to report treatment injury, so if it's mesh, or hospitals, or sentinel events, whatever categories you already routinely use.
If you can also include the cost (in terms of amount paid) for those claims.
Yours sincerely,
Rodney Parsons
From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
Kia ora,
Thank you for contacting ACC’s Government Services inbox.
If your request falls within scope of the Official Information Act, we
will endeavour to respond as soon as possible, and no later than 20
working days after receipt of your request. If we are unable to respond
within the statutory timeframe, we will notify you of an extension.
The information you have requested may involve documents which contain the
names and contact details of individuals. Please let us know whether you
are seeking that information as part of your request. We may need to
consult before deciding whether we can release this information, and this
may take a bit more time. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that
you do not require it.
For more information about Official Information Act requests, please
visit: [1]Ombudsman New Zealand | Tari o te Kaitiaki Mana Tangata.
If your request relates to your claim, or you’d like more information
about lodging a claim, please contact ACC’s claims team at 0800 101 996
or [2][email address].
For personal information requests or privacy matters,
please visit [3]Request for personal information (acc.co.nz).
For general queries, please visit: [4]Contact us (acc.co.nz).
Ngâ mihi,
Government Services
PO Box 242 / Wellington 6011 / New Zealand / [5]www.acc.co.nz
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