Thank you for your email. I am currently out of the office and will return on Tuesday 16th April. I will respond to your email upon my return.? ?

Kind regards,
Yasmin

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Yasmin Seymour, OIA and Assistant HDC Complaints Coordinator
Internal Ext: 55454 | DDI: 03 476 9454 | Email: [email address]?

Southern District Health Board
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Kia ora Gloria,

 

Please accept this as an acknowledgment of your Official Information Act
request.

 

I will have a response to you on or before 15 May 2019.

 

Kind regards,

Yasmin

 

 

Yasmin Seymour, OIA Coordinator

Internal Ext: 55454 | DDI: 03 476 9454 | Email:
[1][email address] 

Southern District Health Board

Kind – Manaakitanga | Open – Pono | Positive – Whaiwhakaaro | Community -
Whanaungatanga

Please note that my usual hours of work are Tues - Fri, 8.45am - 2.15pm

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Gloria Fraser <[FYI request #10084 email]>
Sent: Friday, 12 April 2019 15:45
To: OIA <[Southern District Health Board request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Gender-affirming healthcare
availability

 

Kia ora,

 

I am writing to request information about the gender-affirming healthcare
services provided by the Southern District Health Board, as a follow up to
a similar request I made in May 2018.

 

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

 

- Puberty blockers

- Hormone therapy

- Mastectomy

- Hysterectomy

- Orchidectomy

- Facial hair removal

- Breast augmentation

- Voice training

- Facial feminization surgery

 

Could you please also advise:

 

- Are transgender healthcare providers under the Southern District Health
Board encouraged to follow Oliphant et al’s (2018) Guidelines for gender
affirming healthcare for gender diverse and transgender children, young
people and adults in Aotearoa New Zealand? If not, which guidelines do
they follow, if any?

 

- Is a readiness assessment required to access gender-affirming healthcare
services? (This is an assessment of readiness for treatment from a medical
and psychosocial perspective, as well as whether the client understands
the risks and benefits of treatment, and is sometimes referred to as a
‘mental health assessment’).

 

- If a readiness assessment is required to access gender-affirming
healthcare services, who carries out this assessment? Is this assessment
funded by the Southern District Health Board? Does the assessment use an
informed consent model?

 

- What steps is the Southern District Health Board taking to improve
healthcare provision for transgender New Zealanders? 

 

If you require any clarification about this request, please let me know.

 

Ngā mihi,

Gloria

 

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Kia ora Gloria,

 

Attached is our response to your Official Information Act request.

 

Please note that Southern DHB has begun a process of proactive disclosure,
which means that some OIA responses (with personal details removed) will
be publically available on our website (in due course) after they have
been released. Please let us know if you have any objection to the
publishing of your OIA response.

 

Kind regards

Yasmin

 

Yasmin Seymour, OIA Coordinator

Internal Ext: 55454 | DDI: 03 476 9454 | Email:
[1][email address] 

Southern District Health Board

Kind – Manaakitanga | Open – Pono | Positive – Whaiwhakaaro | Community -
Whanaungatanga

Please note that my usual hours of work are Tues - Fri, 8.45am - 2.15pm

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Gloria Fraser <[FOI #10084 email]>
Sent: Friday, 12 April 2019 15:45
To: OIA <[Southern District Health Board request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Gender-affirming healthcare
availability

 

Kia ora,

 

I am writing to request information about the gender-affirming healthcare
services provided by the Southern District Health Board, as a follow up to
a similar request I made in May 2018.

 

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

 

- Puberty blockers

- Hormone therapy

- Mastectomy

- Hysterectomy

- Orchidectomy

- Facial hair removal

- Breast augmentation

- Voice training

- Facial feminization surgery

 

Could you please also advise:

 

- Are transgender healthcare providers under the Southern District Health
Board encouraged to follow Oliphant et al’s (2018) Guidelines for gender
affirming healthcare for gender diverse and transgender children, young
people and adults in Aotearoa New Zealand? If not, which guidelines do
they follow, if any?

 

- Is a readiness assessment required to access gender-affirming healthcare
services? (This is an assessment of readiness for treatment from a medical
and psychosocial perspective, as well as whether the client understands
the risks and benefits of treatment, and is sometimes referred to as a
‘mental health assessment’).

 

- If a readiness assessment is required to access gender-affirming
healthcare services, who carries out this assessment? Is this assessment
funded by the Southern District Health Board? Does the assessment use an
informed consent model?

 

- What steps is the Southern District Health Board taking to improve
healthcare provision for transgender New Zealanders? 

 

If you require any clarification about this request, please let me know.

 

Ngā mihi,

Gloria

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[2][FOI #10084 email]

 

Is [3][Southern District Health Board request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Southern District Health Board? If so, please contact us using
this form:

[4]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[5]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

 

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ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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