Orthopaedic knee replacements

Jack Thompson made this Official Information request to Southern District Health Board

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From: Jack Thompson

Dear Southern District Health Board,

I am writing to request the following information under the OIA.

1. How many qualified doctors at invercargill hospital are there that can preform a knee replacement?

2. How many knee replacements have the team completed to this date in 2019

3. What criteria a patient needs to meet to be eligible for a knee replacement.

4. The cost on average of a knee replacement

5. What information do you gather from a patient before you decline or approve a request for a knee replacement.

Information requested from southland hospital invercargill

Yours faithfully,

Jack

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Thank you for your email. I am currently out of the office and will return on Tuesday 17th September. I will respond to your email upon my return.   

Kind regards,
Yasmin

Yasmin Seymour, OIA Coordinator

Internal Ext: 55454 | DDI: 03 476 9454 | Email: [email address]<mailto:[email address]> 

Southern District Health Board

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

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Dear Mr Thompson,

 

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

 

I will have a response to you on or before 15 October 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: Jack Thompson <[FYI request #11242 email]>
Sent: Monday, 16 September 2019 19:16
To: OIA <[Southern District Health Board request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Orthopaedic knee replacements

 

Dear Southern District Health Board,

 

I am writing to request the following information under the OIA.

 

1. How many qualified doctors at invercargill hospital are there that can
preform a knee replacement?

 

2. How many knee replacements have the team completed to this date in 2019

 

3. What criteria a patient needs to meet to be eligible for a knee
replacement.

 

4. The cost on average of a knee replacement

 

5. What information do you gather from a patient before you decline or
approve a request for a knee replacement.

 

Information requested from southland hospital invercargill

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Jack

 

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Dear Jack,

 

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: Jack Thompson <[FYI request #11242 email]>
Sent: Monday, 16 September 2019 19:16
To: OIA <[Southern District Health Board request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Orthopaedic knee replacements

 

Dear Southern District Health Board,

 

I am writing to request the following information under the OIA.

 

1. How many qualified doctors at invercargill hospital are there that can
preform a knee replacement?

 

2. How many knee replacements have the team completed to this date in 2019

 

3. What criteria a patient needs to meet to be eligible for a knee
replacement.

 

4. The cost on average of a knee replacement

 

5. What information do you gather from a patient before you decline or
approve a request for a knee replacement.

 

Information requested from southland hospital invercargill

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Jack

 

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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][FYI request #11242 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...

 

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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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