11 July 2017
Sandra Muirhead
[FYI request #6009 email]
Dear Sandra
Re: Official Information Act Request – Our Reference 2017/146
Thank you for your email received by Capital and Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) on 15 June 2017, in
which under the Official Information Act 1982 you requested information relating to Medical Oncology
demand and resource.
Your request asks the fol owing questions. Please find our answers beneath each.
Total number of medical oncology first specialist assessments seen calendar year 2015
Total number of medical oncology first specialist assessments seen calendar year 2016
Please see table below.
Attendances by Facility for Medical Oncology 1st Attendance
2015
2016
Wellington
690
725
Hutt
170
144
Kenepuru
114
111
Grand Total
974
980
Total medical oncology ful time equivalent staff posts (including fil ed and vacant) at senior medical
officer (SMO) level on 01 Jan 2015
Calendar Year - SMO FTE: 8.47
Total medical oncology ful time equivalent staff posts (including fil ed and vacant) at senior medical
officer (SMO) level on 01 Jan 2016
Calendar Year - SMO FTE: 8.47
Total medical oncology full time equivalent staff posts (including fil ed and vacant) at registrar level on
01 Jan 2015
Registrar FTE: 7.28
Total medical oncology ful time equivalent staff posts (including fil ed and vacant) at registrar level on
01 Jan 2016
Registrar FTE: 7.00
Capital & Coast DHB | Private Bag 7902, Wel ington South
Wel ington Hospital, Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wel ington 6021
Phone: 04 385 5999
| Fax: 04 385 5856
NB: FTE as at 1 January 2015 & 2016
Registrars reduced FTE from 1.31 in 2015 to 1.19 in 2016 & inc. part-timers (change in run category).
Budget was 5 Registrars in 2015 & 6 Registrars in 2016.
I hope this information addresses your query. You have a right to seek a review, under section 28(3) of the
Official Information Act, by way of a complaint to the Ombudsman, about the information that has been
provided to you.
Yours sincerely
Carey Virtue
Executive Director, Operations
Medicine, Cancer and Community Directorate
Capital and Coast District Health Board
Capital & Coast DHB | Private Bag 7902, Wel ington South
Wel ington Hospital, Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wel ington 6021
Phone: 04 385 5999
| Fax: 04 385 5856