Southern District Health Board
Dunedin Hospital
201 Great King Street
Private Bag 1921
DUNEDIN 9054
Chief Executive Officer
Phone 03-476 9456 Fax 03-476 9450
14 February 2018
Mr Antony Andrews
Email: [FYI request #7133 email]
Dear Mr Andrews
Re: Official Information Act Request
I refer to your Official Information Act request received by email on 24 January 2018 in which
you specifically requested the following:
Bed occupancy rates at the public hospital/hospitals from July 2007 to June 2016. Please note
that I would like monthly data on this. However, if monthly data is not available, please specify
the reason. If monthly data is unavailable, the next preference will be quarterly data, if quarterly
is not available then I will accept half-yearly. Furthermore, as last resort yearly data. I am also
willing to accept data on bed occupancy rates at random intervals within a year. While not crucial,
please also include the method used to calculate bed-occupancy rates by your DHB.
The table below reflects both Dunedin and Invercargill Hospital’s average resourced occupancy.
This occupancy is based on resourced occupancy at 7:00 am each day. We are not able to
provide data for the other periods you have requested as this data was not captured.
The average occupancy rate (for that month) for all hospital beds.
Month
Average occupancy
September 2013
89%
October 2013
87%
November 2013
87%
December 2013
87%
January 2014
88%
February 2014
85%
March 2014
92%
April 2014
90%
May 2014
96%
June 2014
93%
July 2014
96%
August 2014
92%
September 2014
95%
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October 2014
91%
November 2014
92%
December 2014
87%
January 2015
88%
February 2015
94%
March 2015
92%
April 2015
90%
May 2015
93%
June 2015
95%
July 2015
97%
August 2015
98%
September 2015
87%
October 2015
90%
November 2015
92%
December 2015
89%
January 2016
89%
February 2016
93%
March 2016
93%
April 2016
94%
May 2016
93%
June 2016
91%
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of our decision by the Ombudsman. The
Ombudsman's Office can be contacted on 0800 802 602 or on-line at
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/. Yours sincerely
Chris Fleming
Chief Executive Officer
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