Planning and Funding
Telephone: 0064 3 364 4130
P O Box 1600,
Fax: 0064 3 364 4165
CHRISTCHURCH
[email address]
1 March 2018
Antony Andrews
Email: [FYI request #7348 email];
Dear Mr Andrews
RE Official information request CDHB 9803
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request seeking the following
information from Canterbury DHB.
The outsourced expenditure data you provided to MOH shows that Outsourced labour expenditure
on Medical Personnel for March 2016 was a credit of $1942 ('000). Please clarify the following
points clearly:
1. What is the reasoning behind this credit? Did CDHB outsource its own staff to an external entity
and receive income? If it did, please specify how much it spent on outsourcing (if it did in that
month) and how much it received by outsourcing its staff to other providers. In other words
please break down the figure of $1942.
2. Or was there an error in reporting this amount to MOH. If there was please provide the updated
amount for all of the 2015/16 (break down month by month) financial year for Outsourced
Medical personnel.
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 28
March 2018, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. 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