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Official Information Act request - Abortion numbers.

Alfred Johnston
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20/08/2013 11:43 a.m.
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Dear Ministry of Health,

Can you please send me the statistics relating to the number of
abortions performed in the Thames Hospital over the last five
years?

Yours faithfully,

Alfred Johnston

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Dear Mr Johnston

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 21 August 2013.

Your request has been received and logged.  As required under the Official
Information Act 1982, the Ministry will respond to your request within 20
working days.  You should receive a response on or before 18 September.

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.

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H201303310

Yours sincerely
 
Government Relations
Corporate Services
Ministry of Health
[1]mailto:[email address]

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Hi Alfred

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 20 August 2013.  You requested information on the
number of abortions performed at Thames Hospital over the last five years.

Information on abortions is collected by the Ministry of Justice and is
available publicly online in the Abortion Supervisory Committee Reports.
 These can be downloaded from the NZ parliament website.

I have pulled the number of abortions performed at Thames Hospital from
the reports:

+----------------------------+
| Year | Number of abortions |
|------+---------------------|
| 2011 | 441 |
|------+---------------------|
| 2010 | 466 |
|------+---------------------|
| 2009 | 487 |
|------+---------------------|
| 2008 | 494 |
|------+---------------------|
| 2007 | 526 |
+----------------------------+

I have provided links to the Abortion Supervisory Committee reports below.
 The reports publish data for the previous year.  Due to the Christchurch
earthquake there were two reports published in 2011.  The initial report
does not include many tables.  The table you require is published in the
subsequent 2011 report.

2012- [1]http://www.parliament.nz/resource/000023...
2011 initial report - [2]http://www.parliament.nz/resource/000018...
2011 tables - [3]http://www.parliament.nz/resource/000017...
2010- [4]http://www.parliament.nz/resource/000014...
2009- [5]http://www.parliament.nz/resource/000008...
2008- [6]http://www.parliament.nz/resource/000007...

As this information is collected and published by the Ministry of Justice,
please direct any further questions you have on this subject to the
Ministry of Justice.

Kind regards

Ms Dale Robison
Information Analyst | Analytical Services | Ministry of Health
Phone: (04) 816 2891 | Fax: (04) 816 2898 | Email:
[email address]

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2. http://www.parliament.nz/resource/000018...
3. http://www.parliament.nz/resource/000017...
4. http://www.parliament.nz/resource/000014...
5. http://www.parliament.nz/resource/000008...
6. http://www.parliament.nz/resource/000007...