27 July 2021
OIA Reference #: OIA2021060902
K Roe
Email: [FYI request #14677 email]
Tēnā koe K Roe
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) – Response – OIA2021060902: Mental Health in Managed
Isolation and Quarantine
Thank you for your official information request which was received by Capital and Coast District Health
Board (CCDHB) via Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment on 21 June 2021 to answer parts
two, three and four.
The details of your request are:
2. ‘…..And, from quarantine, some will be labelled 'psychiatrically disturbed' and they will go from
quarantine into psychiatric facilities.’
3. ‘…..how many people have gone into quarantine and then been involuntarily detained by one of
the District Health Boards to be a psychiatric inpatient. Whether the District Health Board has
filled out the paperwork for them to be lawfully held involuntarily or whether the District Health
Board claims that they voluntarily chose to gave up their freedom and comply with directive to
go do psychiatric detention.’
4. ‘….how many might still be retained in government institutions?’
The
response to your request to your request is detailed below.
2. We can only answer questions within the framework of caring for these patients during their
managed isolation or quarantine Facility or elsewhere for a specific quarantine period (14 days).
3. One person was voluntarily admitted to an inpatient ward during their quarantine period. At
the end of the 14 day isolation period she was discharged into the community.
4. None, as the above patient was discharged at the end of their quarantine period
I trust this information fulfils your request. You have the right, under section 28 of the OIA, to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a
complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or you can free phone 0800 802 602.
Capital & Coast DHB | Private Bag 7902, Newtown, Wellington 6242
Wellington Regional Hospital, Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington 6021
www.ccdhb.org.nz | Phone: 04 385 5999
| Fax: 04 385 5856
Nāku ite noa, nā
Fionnagh Dougan
Āpiha Whakahaere Mātāmua | Chief Executive
Ūpoko ki te uru Hauora | Capital & Coast and Hutt Valley District Health Boards
Capital & Coast DHB | Private Bag 7902, Newtown, Wellington 6242
Wellington Regional Hospital, Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington 6021
www.ccdhb.org.nz | Phone: 04 385 5999
| Fax: 04 385 5856