Dear Shay

Re Official Information Request - NASO assurance team visit of 28 Nov 2019

I am writing to acknowledge your official information request dated 2 March 2020.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and, in any event, no later than 30 March 2020. We will contact you if an extension is required.

Please note that, like other DHBs across New Zealand, Auckland DHB has adopted a model of proactive disclosure which sees OIA responses publically available on our website approximately one month after they have been released. If you believe that there are any special reasons why proactive disclosure should not apply to our response to you, we will be happy to consider this.

Regards

Elaine Keenan
Team Administrator
Corporate Business Services
S (09) 630-9943 ext 22346 | [email address]
Auckland District Health Board | Level 1 | Building 37 | Auckland City Hospital | Park Road | Auckland

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From: Shay McGuinness [mailto:[FOI #12341 email]]
Sent: Monday, 02 March 2020 10:07 a.m.
To: Ailsa Claire (ADHB)
Subject: Official Information request - Information related to the NASO assurance team visit of 28th Nov 2019

Dear Auckland District Health Board,

Please provide all information you hold related to the visit of the NASO Northern Region Helicopter Air Ambulance Assurance Team on the 28th Nov 2019 and any subsequent correspondence between Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) and The National Ambulance Sector Office (NASO) and/or the Ministry of Health (MoH) that relates to this visit or any reports or further meetings that are related to this visit.

This request includes, but is not limited to:
1. Agenda, minutes and any audio/video recording of the 28th Nov meeting.
2. Any reports (interim and final) or Memos issued by NASO/MoH in response to this meeting 3. Any emails or letters between ADHB senior staff and MoH/NASO staff in response to this meeting or subsequent reports. For the purpose of this request:
a. ADHB senior staff means Pat Sneddon, Ailsa Claire and Jo Gibbs.
b. MoH/NASO staff means David Clark, Ashley Bloomfield, Keriana Brooking, Monique Burrows, Kathy Rex, Carleine Receveur, Peter Whisker, Barry Woodmass.
c. Emails include any sent, received or cc'd to and/or from any of the above named people.
d. The inclusive dates for this request are 1st Nov 2019 to 1st March 2020.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Shay McGuinness

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Dear Shay

 

Attached please find a notification of transfer letter for the above OIA
request.

 

Regards

 

Elaine Keenan

Team Administrator

Corporate Business Services

( (09) 630-9943  ext 22346 | * [email address]

Auckland District Health Board | Level 1 |  Building 37 | Auckland City
Hospital | Park Road | Auckland

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Dear Shay

I will forward your email on to the appropriate person to respond to.

Regards

Elaine Keenan
Team Administrator
Corporate Business Services
S (09) 630-9943 ext 22346 | [email address]
Auckland District Health Board | Level 1 | Building 37 | Auckland City Hospital | Park Road | Auckland

-----Original Message-----
From: Shay McGuinness [mailto:[FYI request #12341 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 10 March 2020 2:21 p.m.
To: Elaine Keenan (ADHB)
Subject: Re: Official Information Act Request - NASO assurance team visit of 28 November 2019 - NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER - ADHB Ref 20200302-535

Hi Elaine,

I do not agree that it was appropriate for you to transfer this request to the MoH. As you are aware the MoH has a tendancy to suppress information that it doesn't want in the public domain. The purpose of my request to ADHB (and a mirror request to the MoH) was to enable me to cross-reference the responses.

In addition part of my request can only be provided by ADHb (e.g. minutes/notes of the meeting referred to).

I request that ADHB reconsider the transfer.

Yours sincerely,

Shay McGuinness

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Dear Shay

 

Attached please find a notification of transfer letter for the above OIA
request.

 

Regards

 

Elaine Keenan

Team Administrator

Corporate Business Services

( (09) 630-9943  ext 22346 | * [email address]

Auckland District Health Board | Level 1 |  Building 37 | Auckland City
Hospital | Park Road | Auckland

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Dear Shay

 

Attached please find ADHBs response to your OIA request dated 10 March
2020.

 

Regards

 

Elaine Keenan

Team Administrator

Corporate Business Services

( (09) 630-9943  ext 22346 | * [email address]

Auckland District Health Board | Level 1 |  Building 37 | Auckland City
Hospital | Park Road | Auckland

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Auckland DHB has received your OIA request of 13 March:
 
From: Shay McGuinness <[email address]>
Date: 13 March 2020 at 6:41:53 PM NZDT
To: "Ailsa Claire (ADHB)" <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Information related to the NASO
assurance team visit of 28th Nov 2019 #2
Dear Auckland District Health Board,
 
Please provide all information you hold related to the visit of the NASO
Northern Region Helicopter Air Ambulance Assurance Team on the 28th Nov
2019 and any subsequent correspondence between Auckland District Health
Board (ADHB) and The National Ambulance Sector Office (NASO) and/or the
Ministry of Health (MoH) that relates to this visit or any reports or
further meetings that are related to this visit.
 
Please also provide all internal communications between any of the ADHB
staff named in 3(a) below related to this matter. For clarification
"communications" means emails (sent, received or cc'd), txt messages,
memos, notes, papers and minutes.
 
This request includes, but is not limited to:
1. Agenda, minutes and any audio/video recording of the 28th Nov meeting.
2. Any reports (interim and final) or Memos issued by NASO/MoH in response
to this meeting
3. Any emails or letters between ADHB senior staff and MoH/NASO staff in
response to this meeting or subsequent reports. For the purpose of this
request:
a. ADHB senior staff means Pat Sneddon, Ailsa Claire and Jo Gibbs.
b. MoH/NASO staff means David Clark, Ashley Bloomfield, Keriana Brooking,
Monique Burrows, Kathy Rex, Carleine Receveur, Peter Whisker, Barry
Woodmass.
c. Emails include any sent, received or cc'd to and/or from any of the
above named people.
4. The inclusive dates for this request are 1st Nov 2019 to 13th March
2020.
 
This request is essentially a repeat of your request of 2 March:
 
From: Shay McGuinness
[[1]mailto:[FOI #12341 email]]
Sent: Monday, 02 March 2020 10:07 a.m.
To: Ailsa Claire (ADHB)
Subject: Official Information request - Information related to the NASO
assurance team visit of 28th Nov 2019
 
Dear Auckland District Health Board,
 
Please provide all information you hold related to the visit of the NASO
Northern Region Helicopter Air Ambulance Assurance Team on the 28th Nov
2019 and any subsequent correspondence between Auckland District Health
Board (ADHB) and The National Ambulance Sector Office (NASO) and/or the
Ministry of Health (MoH) that relates to this visit or any reports or
further meetings that are related to this visit.
 
This request includes, but is not limited to:
1. Agenda, minutes and any audio/video recording of the 28th Nov meeting.
2. Any reports (interim and final) or Memos issued by NASO/MoH in response
to this meeting 3. Any emails or letters between ADHB senior staff and
MoH/NASO staff in response to this meeting or subsequent reports. For the
purpose of this request:
a. ADHB senior staff means Pat Sneddon, Ailsa Claire and Jo Gibbs.
b. MoH/NASO staff means David Clark, Ashley Bloomfield, Keriana Brooking,
Monique Burrows, Kathy Rex, Carleine Receveur, Peter Whisker, Barry
Woodmass.
c. Emails include any sent, received or cc'd to and/or from any of the
above named people.
d. The inclusive dates for this request are 1st Nov 2019 to 1st March
2020.
 
Your second request of 13 March:
 
From: Shay McGuinness <[email address]>
Date: 13 March 2020 at 6:45:43 PM NZDT
To: "Ailsa Claire (ADHB)" <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Communication between Auckland
District Health Board and the Ministry of Health about the provision of
helicopter air ambulance services in the Northern Region #2
Dear Auckland District Health Board,
 
Please provide all communications (Including but not limited to: emails,
letters, memos, reports, papers and text messages) between the following
senior individuals in the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Auckland District
Health Board (ADHB) regarding the provision of helicopter air ambulance
services.
 
Please also provide all internal ADHB communications between any of the
ADHB staff named below related to this matter. For clarification
"communications" means emails (sent, received or cc'd), txt messages,
memos, notes, papers and minutes.
 
ADHB
1. Ailsa Claire
2. Pat Sneddon
3. Joanne Gibbs
 
MoH
1. Hon David Clarke
2. Ashley Bloomfield
3. Keriana Brooking
4. Clare Perry
 
Note:
1. Applicable dates are 1/1/2019 to 13/3/2020
2. Emails include those sent, received or cc'd and include any
attachments.
 
Similarly repeats one of 10 March:
 
From: Shay McGuinness
[[2]mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Tuesday, 10 March 2020 11:02 a.m.
 
To: Ailsa Claire (ADHB)
Subject: Official Information request - Communication between Auckland
District Health Board and the Ministry of Health about the provision of
helicopter air ambulance services in the Northern Region
 
Dear Auckland District Health Board,
 
Please provide all communications (Including but not limited to: emails,
letters, memos, reports, papers and text messages) between the following
senior individuals in the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Auckland District
Health Board (ADHB) regarding the provision of helicopter air ambulance
services.
 
ADHB
1. Ailsa Claire
2. Pat Sneddon
3. Joanne Gibbs
 
MoH
1. Hon David Clarke
2. Ashley Bloomfield
3. Keriana Brooking
4. Clare Perry
 
Note:
1. Applicable dates are 1/1/2019 to 10/3/2020 2. Emails include those
sent, received or cc'd and include any attachments.
 
I am advised by the Ministry of Health they have received your two earlier
requests direct; this advice was given in response to Auckland DHB’s
decision to transfer those two requests to the Ministry under s14(b)(ii)
of the OIA - the information requested is more closely connected with the
functions of the Ministry.  The Ministry has also confirmed that both
your requests are currently being worked on by the Ministry. 
 
While the Act does not expressly address how an agency might address a
repeat request when the initial request is still outstanding, in this case
I believe Auckland DHB may properly consider that as the Ministry is
currently addressing your request it is not necessary for ADHB to work
through an OIA decision tree again.
Bruce Northey
General Counsel | Legal Services
Ph:  09 307 4949  Ext:  26876 | [mobile number] | [3][email address]
Auckland District Health Board | Level 2 | Building 16 | Greenlane
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