Planning and Funding
P O Box 1600,
Telephone: 0064 3 364 4130
CHRISTCHURCH
Fax: 0064 3 364 4165
[email address]
5 February 2016
Mr R J Poultney
Email: [FYI request #3600 email]
Dear Mr R J Poultney
Official Information Act request CDHB 9310
We are in receipt of your email dated 4 February 2016 under section 12 of the Official Information Act requesting
information relating to:
Any/and all documentation related to complaints received by the CDHB Referral Centre, within the
2014/2015 financial year, and from the start of the 2015 financial year.
Clarified on 4 February as all CDHB Referral Centres.
I am not requesting any names to be mentioned, just the complaints i.e. patient/staff names, or any
identifiable patient or staff content can be removed.
I would also like to know what changes have happened in response to these complaints, if any changes at all.
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Canterbury District Health Board will respond to your
request within 20 working days. Taking Waitangi Day into account you should therefore receive a response on or
before 4 March 2016.
If a large amount of information has been requested or if the Canterbury District Health Board needs to consult in
order to make a decision, we may need to extend this date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act). We will
advise you if such an extension is necessary.
Yours sincerely
Wayne Turp Project Specialist