Dear Gloria

Thank you for your request for official information, received by Capital & Coast District Health Board on 23 May 2018.

Your request has been received and logged. As required under the Official Information Act 1982, we will respond to your request within 20 working days. You should receive a response on or before 21 June 2018.

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the district health board 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.

Capital & Coast District Health Board provides the first five hours of staff time to prepare a response free-of-charge. If your OIA is expected to take longer, we will inform you of the charges, and give you the opportunity to change or refine the request to reduce or remove the need to charge.

Our reference number for your request is: 2018/101

Best wishes
Stacy

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From: Gloria Fraser [[FOI #7892 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2018 8:12 p.m.
To: OIA [CCDHB]
Subject: Official Information request - DHB gender-affirming healthcare services

Tēnā koutou,

I am writing to request information about the gender-affirming healthcare services provided by the Capital & Coast District Health Board.

Could you please advise whether the following gender-affirming healthcare services are funded by the Capital & Coast District Health Board for transgender patients, and whether the services are currently available:

- Hormone therapy
- Mastectomy
- Hysterectomy
- Orchidectomy
- Facial hair removal
- Breast augmentation
- Voice training

Could you please provide information about the process of accessing those services that are available?

- Specifically, is an assessment by a mental health professional required in order to access gender-affirming healthcare services? If so, which services?
- In the case of hormone therapy, can primary health providers prescribe hormones, or does this have to be initially approved by an endocrinologist?
- Is any period of real life experience required to access surgery?

Finally, could you please advise what the process is if transgender patients require one of the above services, but the Capital & Coast District Health Board does not offer this service? Does the Capital & Coast District Health Board currently fund patients to travel to other areas to access this healthcare?

If any part of my request is unclear, please don't hesitate to contact me.

If any of the information that I have requested is unavailable or would be difficult to retrieve, but similar information might be readily available, I would be happy to discuss altering or refining my request.

Ngā mihi,
Gloria Fraser

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Dear Gloria

 

Thank you for your request for official information, received on 23 May
2018, regarding DHB gender-affirming healthcare services.

 

Your request involves a large quantity of information and meeting the
statutory time limit would unreasonably interfere in the operations of
Capital & Coast District Health Board.

 

Accordingly, we advise you that we wish to extend the time limit to
respond to you for a further 10 working days. Our response will be
provided to you on or before 5 July 2018.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Melanie Baylis

Communications Coordinator | Communications Unit | Capital & Coast
District Health Board | Ūpoko ki te uru hauora

T: 04 806 2440 | Ext: 82790 | [1][email address] |
[2]www.ccdhb.org.nz |[3]www.facebook.com/CCDHB  

 

 

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Good morning

 

Please find attached our response to your OIA regarding gender-affirming
healthcare services.

 

Kind regards

Andrea

 

 

Andrea Martin

Personal Assistant to:

Carey Virtue, Executive Director, Operations

Dr Andre Cromhout, Executive Director, Clinical

 

Medicine, Cancer & Community Directorate | Level 6, Grace Neill Block,
Wellington Regional Hospital | Capital & Coast District Health Board |
Ūpoko ki te uru hauora

T: 04 806 2586 | Ext: 82586 | [1]www.ccdhb.org.nz |
[2]www.facebook.com/CCDHB 

 

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