3 December 2015
Miss Black
Fyi‐request‐3321‐[email address]
Dear Miss Black
Official Information Act Request
I write in response to your Official Information Act Request transferred to us by the Ministry of
Health, received on 12 November 2015. You requested the following information:
Information relating to Auckland’s four acute mental health units, Waiatarau, Tiaho Mai,
Te Whetu Tawera and Taharoto/He Puna Waiora. The information required is pertaining to
the number of failed discharges (patients discharged from hospital, then readmitted again
within a two week period) from each of the four hospital. May I please have a monthly
breakdown of these numbers from the period of July 2014 to July 2015, or the most recent
data you have available going back a year
The information provided below is for Tiaho Mai, Counties Manukau Health’s Mental Health
Inpatient Unit.
Month
No. of Readmits to Tiaho Mai
Oct 14
7
Nov 14
6
Dec 14
3
Jan 15
3
Feb 15
8
Mar 15
3
Apr 15
7
May 15
6
June 15
4
July 15
8
Aug 15
4
Sep 15
5
I trust this satisfactorily answers your request.
Yours sincerely
Geraint A Martin
Chief Executive
Counties Manukau District Health Board
19 Lambie Drive, Manukau, Auckland 2104 | Private Bag 94052, Manukau, Auckland 2241
T: 09 276 0000 | cmdhb.org.nz