West Coast District Health Board
Te Poari Hauora a Rohe o Tai Poutini
Corporate Office
Telephone 03 769-7400
High Street, Greymouth 7840
Fax 03 769-7791
20 November 2015
A D Tait
Email [FYI request #3225 email];
Dear A.D. Tait
Re: Official Information Act Request WCDHB 9240a – Gender Reassignment Surgery Providers
We refer to your email dated 14 October 2015 requesting the following information under the
Official Information Act (1982)
(
In response to the information released by the Ministry of Health detailing that SRS provider
selection will be determined by District Health Boards and their specialist), I request any
information held by this DHB on prospective Male-to-Female sexual reassignment surgery
providers. My request is for information including but not limited to correspondence with
prospective providers, assessments of providers or correspondence with other DHBs or specialists.
West Coast DHB does not directly provide gender reassignment surgery. Any such cases would be
referred to one of the DHB tertiary providers.
The West Coast DHB holds no record of any correspondence with, or made any assessments of,
potential providers in respect of male to female reassignment surgery.
Yours sincerely
Carolyn Gullery
General Manager
Planning, Funding & Decision Support