20 November 2024
Rodney Parsons
Via email:
[FYI request #28865 email]
Tēnā koe Rodney
Request for information: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Data
Thank you for your request dated 22 October 2024 under the Official Information Act 1982
(OIA) for information relating to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) data for Māori
and Pacifica. You requested:
Please provide information on the rates of uptake of ADHD medicines amongst Maori
and Pacifica, over time.
On 24 October 2024, I contacted you to confirm the time period of information you were
looking for. You confirmed that the period should show recent changes without being
excessively long or dif icult. We have defined ‘overtime’ as the last five financial years. We
have also interpreted ‘rate of uptake’ as the count of unique patients dispensed an ADHD
medicine by ethnicity.
You wil find the information you requested in the excel spreadsheet attached.
We trust that this information answers your queries. Please note, you have the right to make
a complaint to the Ombudsman about our response to your OIA, under section 28(3) of the
OIA. Details of
how to make a complaint are on the Ombudsman’s website.
To make information more freely available, we publish selected OIA responses (excluding
personal details) on our website. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about
this.
Nāku noa, nā
Oliver Whitehead
Team Leader, Government Services
OIA 2024-25-060