Planning and Funding
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CHRISTCHURCH
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8 December 2017
Health Sector Workers Network
Email: [FYI request #6957 email];
Dear Health Sector Workers Network
RE Official information request CDHB 9756
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email dated 7 December 2017, requesting the following
information under section 12 of the Official Information Act from Canterbury DHB.
1. What are the percentages of patients presenting to the Emergency Departments that were admitted,
discharged or transferred within six hours of presentation for each month of the year July 2016 to June
2017?
2. Please provide any DHB policy concerning guidelines and use of the ED observation unit? By “ED
observation unit”, we are referring to the usage defined by the Ministry Of Health in the paper
Streaming and the use of Emergency Department Observation Units and Inpatient Assessment Units.
3. What percentage of total ED presentations for each month of the year July 2016 to June 2017 utilised
the ED Observation unit?
4. What percentage of patients utilising the ED observation unit were discharged home from this location
for each month of the year July 2016 to June 2017?
5. What is your DHB’s expected length of stay for the patients utilising the ED observation unit?
6. What percentage of patients for each month of the year July 2016 to June 2017 exceeding the length of
stay given in question 5?
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 26 January
2018, being 20 working days after the day your request was received.
Please note: there is an official down
time for Official Information Act requests/responses between 22 December 2017 and 15 January 2018. If we
are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
Your request is being handled by Kathleen Smitheram. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact
either myself (details above) or Kathleen. Please refer to the OIA number above when phoning or emailing.
([email address]) Phone 03 364 4134).
If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us
so that these can be taken into account.
Yours sincerely
Wayne Turp
Project Specialist