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The Princess Margaret Hospital
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30 September 2015
Cinnamon Whitlock
[email address];
Dear Ms Whitlock
Official Information Act request CDHB 9213 and WCDHB 8538
We refer to your email dated 7 September 2015 and transferred to us from the Ministry of Health on
14 September 2015 requesting the following information under section 12 of the Official
Information Act 1982 from both Canterbury DHB and West Coast DHB.
Which of the 20 DHBs; currently deliver services against the “Maternity Services – DHB funded
Pregnancy and Parenting information and education Tier 2 Service Specification”?
And how long has the Pregnancy and Parenting information and education service been in
place within those identified DHBs and what are the names of the providers who deliver those
services?
Both Canterbury DHB and West Coast DHB have delivered Pregnancy and Parenting Education (often
called Childbirth education or Antenatal Classes) for many years.
Canterbury and West Coast DHBs have made a variety of changes within current services to meet
the requirements of the revised PPIE (Pregnancy and Parenting information and education) service
specifications; however, we recognised that our current delivery models are not sufficient to get
maximum value for pregnant mothers and their whanau.
This led to Canterbury DHB and West Coast DHB instigating RFPs (Request for Proposals) on 11
August 2015 (lodged on GETS) to identify the suitable organisations to provide this service for each
DHB.
The RFPS closed on 8 September 2015 and we are currently assessing those proposals with a view to
commencing the new services from 1 January 2016 for both DHBs.
Yours sincerely
Carolyn Gullery
General Manager
Planning, Funding & Decision Support