Southern District Health Board
Dunedin Hospital
201 Great King Street
Private Bag 1921
DUNEDIN 9054
Chief Executive Officer
Phone 03-476 9456 Fax 03-476 9450
05 August 2020
D.R.
Email
: [FYI request #13050 email] Dear D.R
Re:
Official Information Act Request
I refer to your Official Information Act request received on 26 June 2020 in which you specifically
requested the following:
Please disclose the results including comments made by those surveyed of the recent "Anaesthetic
Technician engagement" survey carried out in 2020 by Trudie Scott-Walker.
Please find enclosed the results of the survey as requested (enclosure 1), due to the commitment to
anonymity made to survey participants at the outset, we are not able to release the individual comments.
Please see the information below that was shared with the team which includes graphs (enclosure 1) and
themes of the feedback.
On Career Development:
• Limited opportunity for development once fully trained
• Not enough relief to regularly attend rep trainings
On Team Member Engagement:
• Concern about team engagement
• Concern about management engagement with the team
• Concern that nursing are not supportive of the team
On Professional Relationships:
• Concern about leadership, structure and management support
• Concern about bullying within the team
• Concern about speaking up
On Work Environment:
• Concern about a negative workplace culture
Anything Else:
• Concern about follow through and actions following the survey
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You have the right to seek an investigation and review of our decision by the Ombudsman. The
Ombudsman's
Office
can
be
contacted
on
0800
802
602
or
on-line
at
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/. Yours sincerely
Chris Fleming
Chief Executive Officer
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