Planning and Funding
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9 June 2016
Alex Harris
Email: [FYI request #4119 email];
Dear Alex
Official Information Act request CDHB 9394
We refer to your email dated 8 June 2016 requesting the following information under section 12 of the Official
Information Act 1982.
The number of mental health patients currently detained in seclusion units
How long each has been detained for. I'm happy for this to be aggregated into bands (e.g. less than one
month, 1 - 3 months, 3 - 6 months, 6 months - 1 year and so on) in order to protect privacy. If this would
result in a refusal for substantial collation and research because there are more than a hundred such
detainees, I am happy to limit the statistics to those detained for more than six months.
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Canterbury District Health Board will respond to your
request within 20 working days. You should therefore receive a response on or before 7 July 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