Dear Mr Lamborn

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 23 May 2018. The Ministry's reference number for
your request is: H201803867.

You requested:

"1) Please provide:

a. Briefing Request Ref. No.: 20010873
b. Health Report Ref.: 20022985
c. The letter received by the minister from MP Tim Barnett, and the reply
dated 26 February 2003, along with any further correspondence in this
chain

2) In addition, please confirm that the NZHTA review of GRS (February
2002) referenced in the released document is the document available online
at
<[1]http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=5305&am...>
(if not, please provide the correct version) and answer the following
questions:

a. Under what circumstance was the review initiated, i.e. what
organisation, project, or individual called for its creation?
b. In the 16 years to the date of this request, have the findings of this
review been superseded by any later review or other document? If so,
please provide these documents
c. Is any new review on this subject currently planned or underway? If so,
please provide details
d. Given that NZHTA is no longer a going concern, if a similar review were
to be conducted today who would be responsible?
e. If a new review were to be conducted on this topic, who would have the
authority to commission it and on what grounds?"

Your request has been logged and you can expect a reply no later than 21
June 2018 as required under the Official Information Act 1982.

Please note that a working day is defined in the Act as ‘any day of the
week other than a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day,
Labour Day, the Sovereigns birthday, Waitangi Day and a day in the period
commencing 25 December in any year and ending 15 January in the following
year.

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the Ministry
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.

Yours sincerely,

Maima Koro
Advisor

[Ministry of Health request email]
Ministerial Services  l  Government Services  l  Office of the Director
General

[2]http://www.health.govt.nz

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Dear P Lamborn,

Please find attached the Ministry of Health's letter of response to your
recent OIA request for documents referenced in a previously released 2003
document about gender dysphoria services.

Three documents that you requested are attached to this email.

The hyperlink provided in the response letter is:

[1]http://benjamin.lisan.free.fr/jardin.sec...

Regards,

David

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Dr David St George
Chief Advisor
Office of the Chief Medical Officer
Ministry of Health
Wellington
New Zealand
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