Planning and Funding
P O Box 1600,
Telephone: 0064 3 364 4130
CHRISTCHURCH
Fax: 0064 3 364 4165
[email address]
4 January 2017
Antony Andrews
Email: [FYI request #5135 email]
Dear Antony
Re: Official Information Act Request CDHB 9535
We refer to your email dated 24 December 2016 and received this morning requesting the following
information under the Official Information Act pertaining to Candidate Recruitment information.
Please provide the total number of hospital beds from 2006 to 2016 at Canterbury District Health
Board. Yearly count will be great. Please note that the bed volume is the count of physical bed
capacity ( i.e. bed spaces). The count includes beds, roller beds, lazy-boys etc. The data does not
include patient occupancy volumes.
As required under the Official Information Act (1982), the Canterbury District Health Board will
respond to your request within 20 working days. Please note that Official Information Act requests
is closed between 23rd December 2016 and 16th January 2017. You should therefore receive a
response on or before 13 February 2017.
If a large amount of information has been requested or if the Canterbury District Health Board or
West Coast DHB 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