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19 October 2020
D. Griffiths
By email: [FYI request #13948 email]
Ref:
H202007726
Dear D Griffiths
Transfer of request for official information
Thank you for your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on
10 October 2020 for:
“ 1) What is the maximum bed occupancy in ICU (intensive care units) across all
hospitals in New Zealand, in total.
2) What has been the bed occupancy rate (% of beds occupied in ICUs) by week /
month (which ever time period data is available) across the same hospitals in question 1
above, for the period 15th March 2020 to 1st October 2020.”
The Ministry of Health does not hold the information you have requested and believes
information to answer your full request is held by the district health boards (DHBs) outlined in
Table 1. As a result, I have decided to transfer your full request to the DHBs outlined in Table 1
under section 14 of the Act.
Northland DHB is only able to answer the following part of your request:
“2) What has been the bed occupancy rate (% of beds occupied in ICUs) by week / month
(which ever time period data is available) across the same hospitals in question 1 above, for the
period 15th March 2020 to 1st October 2020.”
As a result, I have decided to partially transfer part 2 of your request to Northland under section
14 of the Act.
You can expect a response in due course.
You have the right, under section 28 of the Act to ask the Ombudsman to review
my decision to transfer your request for information.
Yours sincerely
Nick Allan
Manager OIA Services
Office of the Director-General
Table 1. List of DHBs accepting the full request
Auckland
Waitematā
Counties Manukau
Lakes
Bay of Plenty
Waikato
Tairāwhiti
Taranaki
MidCentral
Hawke’s Bay
Whanganui
Wairarapa
Capital and Coast
Hutt Valley
Nelson Marlborough
Canterbury
West Coast
South Canterbury
Southern
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From: "DG" <[FYI request #13948 email]>
To:
"OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health" <[Ministry of Health request email]>
Date: 10/10/2020 10:11 pm
Subject:
Official Information request - Occupancy rate of ICU in NZ hospitals
Dear Ministry of Health,
I would like to know:
1) What is the maximum bed occupancy in ICU (intensive care units) across all
hospitals in New Zealand, in total.
2) What has been the bed occupancy rate (% of beds occupied in ICUs) by week
/ month (which ever time period data is available) across the same hospitals
in question 1 above, for the period 15th March 2020 to 1st October 2020
Yours faithfully,
D.Griffiths
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