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From:        "Barry Garrick"
<[FOI #12311 email]>
To:        "OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health"
<[Ministry of Health request email]>,
Date:        25/02/2020 11:45 a.m.
Subject:        Official Information request - LFT correspondence

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Dear Ministry of Health,

In this update -
[1]https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/ne...

It says that "In late October the Laura Fergusson Trust notified the
Ministry of Health and other funders that it intended to exit its $4.1m
contract in August this year."
May I please request this correspondence exchange between the Ministry and
the Trust?

Also, the update says "Since November the Ministry has met with the Acting
Chair, CEO and Board to discuss options and has also offered specialist
financial assistance."
May I please request what specialist financial assistance was offered?
Also any meeting notes and recollections for or from those meetings? And
any briefings prepared for those meetings?

Can I please also request the correspondence where the Director-General of
Health offered to sit down with the Trust and any replies to that?

Yours faithfully,

Barry Garrick

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Kia ora Mr Barry Garrick

Thank you for your request for official information, received on 25
February 2020 requesting:

"In this update -
[1]https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/ne...

It says that "In late October the Laura Fergusson Trust notified the
Ministry of Health and other funders that it intended to exit its $4.1m
contract in August this year."
May I please request this correspondence exchange between the Ministry and
the Trust?

Also, the update says "Since November the Ministry has met with the Acting
Chair, CEO and Board to discuss options and has also offered specialist
financial assistance."
May I please request what specialist financial assistance was offered?
Also any meeting notes and recollections for or from those meetings? And
any briefings prepared for those meetings?

Can I please also request the correspondence where the Director-General of
Health offered to sit down with the Trust and any replies to that? "
The Ministry of Health has decided to extend the period of time available
to respond to your request under section 15A of the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act) as further consultation is required.

You can now expect a response to your request on, or before, 21 April
2020.

You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review my decision to extend the time available to respond to your
request.

Nga mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

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Kia ora Mr Garrick

Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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