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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear University of Otago,
In approximately 2017, the medical school indicated its intent to develop a rural medical school program. Provide plans related to this as well as an explanation as to why it didn't go ahead.
Also provide plans related to a graduate medical school program.
Yours faithfully,
Rodney Parsons
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Tēnā koe Robert
We acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request below
dated 26 October 2024.
If we have any further questions or need to seek further clarification on
any points, we will be in touch soon. Otherwise, we will seek to respond
to your request as soon as practicable and no later than 20 working days
after the date your request was received (by 25 November 2024). If we are
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extension of this timeframe.
Ngā mihi nui
Bill
Bill Frewen (he/him)
Manager Policy and Compliance | Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa Here mete Tikaka
Mahi
Office of the Registrar and Secretary to the Council | Te Tari o Te
Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera University of Otago | Ōtākou
Whakaihu Waka
Email | Īmera [1][University of Otago request email]
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From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Tēnā koe Rodney
Please see attached the University of Otago's response to your Official
Information Act request dated 26 October 2024.
Ngā mihi
Bill
Bill Frewen
Manager Policy and Compliance | Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa Here mete Tikaka
Mahi
Office of the Registrar and Secretary to the Council | Te Tari o Te
Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera University of Otago | Ōtākou
Whakaihu Waka
Email | Īmera [1][University of Otago request email]
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Bill,
We're in receipt of a report from University of Otago from this time period, that falls directly within the scope of the OIA request. You're referring to matters outside of the scope of the request. We'd welcome reconsideration of the refusal before considering other options. Please don't be confused that this request related the the 2024 PWC review or the University of Waikato matters, the request is unrelated to those issues. Professors Peter Crampton and Tim Wilkinson are both cited within the content we hold, so it may be worth consulting with them. We do note that you have referred to requests not made to you- we would ask that you consider the appropriateness of that in considering the scope the request to University of Otago, as focusing on the request to you may help identify the information you are in possession of.
Yours sincerely,
Rodney Parsons
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Tçnâ koe Rodney
I acknowledge your request for reconsideration of our attached response to
your Official Information Act request dated 26 October 2024.
Your request concerned: In approximately 2017, the medical school
indicated its intent to develop a rural medical school program. Provide
plans related to this as well as an explanation as to why it didn't go
ahead. Also provide plans related to a graduate medical school program.
We provided a link to the PwC report [1]Medical education in New Zealand:
Current state and consideration of future options, which summarises the
University of Otago and University of Auckland’s 2017 joint proposal for a
national school of interprofessional rural health (eg. page 32), why that
could only proceed with an increase in the government funding cap (eg.
page 51), and a proposal for a new graduate entry programme (eg. page
33). We also provided a link to associated commentary.
We are sorry if you did not find this information helpful. Further,
earlier information in respect of the 2017 proposal is also publicly
available, which may be helpful – for example this March 2017 joint media
release [2]School of Rural Health proposed to address chronic shortage of
rural health professionals and this 2018 New Zealand Medical Journal
article titled [3]Proposal for a National Interprofessional School of
Rural Health.
If this further information is still not helpful, we would be pleased to
reconsider your request. We do note your original request was broad, and
would be grateful if you could please clarify the information you seek?
For example, you mention a report from the University of Otago which you
already hold. Do you perhaps seek information relevant to the report you
hold, which may not be publicly available, and if so, could you please
identify the information and the report?
I also note the Official Information Act requires us to consider
transferring a request if we believe that some of the information
requested is more closely connected with another agency. Your request
concerned a joint proposal of the University of Otago and the University
of Auckland, and at various times has been considered by the Ministry of
Health in connection with a proposal for a rural medical school by the
University of Waikato. However, given the fyi.org.nz website indicated
you had already directed requests to other agencies, we considered that a
transfer of your request was not necessary.
We will wait to hear back from you before further processing your request.
Ngâ mihi
Bill
Bill Frewen
Manager Policy and Compliance | Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa Here mete Tikaka
Mahi
Office of the Registrar and Secretary to the Council | Te Tari o Te
Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera University of Otago | Ôtâkou
Whakaihu Waka
Email | Îmera [4][University of Otago request email]
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3. https://nzmj.org.nz/media/pages/journal/...
4. mailto:[University of Otago request email]
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