28 March 2025
Jason
fyi-request-29852-ff [email address]
Tēnā koe Jason
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ000776838
Thank you for your email on 23 January 2025, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
(Health NZ) for the following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Under the Official Information Act I am requesting information relating to Health New
Zealand's "Proposed Future Service Model for the Needle Exchange Programme"
which was put out for feedback in November 2024.
Please find a response to each of your questions below.
Response
1) Please provide copies of all feedback submitted to Health New Zealand on
the "Proposed Future Service Model for the Needle Exchange Programme".
Feedback may include feedback provided on the official feedback form and
feedback written in letters, emails, or documents. The period for the request
is between 20/11/24 and 11/12/24. If any late feedback was received between
11/12/24 and 23/01/25, it should also be included.
Please find a copy of the feedback form in the at ached HNZ00076838 Appendix (pages 1 – 5).
Health NZ received feedback from the following providers:
• Burnett Foundation
• ADIO
• DHDP
• DISC
• NZ Drug Foundation
• Rob Hallinan
• Body Positive
• Rose Crossin
• Odyssey House
• Pharmacy Society
• Pharmacy Guild
• Jessica Smith
• Rhys Pointon
Their individual feedback submissions are withheld under section 9(2)(ba)(i), to avoid prejudice
to the supply of similar information, or information from the same sources, and it is in the public
interest that such information should continue to be supplied.
2) Please provide any emails sent by or to Health New Zealand staff/contractors
discussing feedback received on the "Proposed Future Service Model for the
Needle Exchange Programme". The period for the request is between
20/11/24 and 23/01/2025.
Please see emails in the attached HNZ00076838 Appendix. Please note that some individual
contact details are withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of natural
persons.
3) Please provide any emails, reports, or documents written or held by Health
New Zealand summarising the feedback and/or making any
recommendations or decisions about the Proposed Future Service Model for
the Needle Exchange Programme as a result of feedback received. The
period for the request is between 11/12/24 and 23/01/25
We have provided a summary of aggregated key themes in the feedback which was emailed to
regional providers on 5 December 2024 (see Appendix page 8).
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[Health New Zealand request email].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or by phoning 0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health NZ may proactively
release a copy of this response on our website. Al requester data, including your name and
contact details, wil be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Deborah Woodley
Director, Starting Wel
Planning, Funding and Outcomes
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
PO Box 793, Wel ington 6140