Wait time for cardiac procedures and tests in 2018-2019
moshe livne made this Official Information request to Canterbury District Health Board
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From: moshe livne
Dear Canterbury District Health Board,
I would like to have the following information:
For each cardiac procedure (stent, ecg, echo, open heart surgery etc), for the years 2018 and 2019 by year, the following information:
1. Number of procedures done and average wait time for the procedure PERFORMED during the year (not escalated)
2. Number and average wait time for the procedure PERFORMED during the year (that was escalated)
3. Number of people that died waiting for a procedure scheduled to be performed during the year (escalated and not escalated separately)
4. Number of people that required emergency (ED) treatment while waiting for a procedure scheduled to be performed during the year (escalated and not escalated separately)
While I understand this is a lot of material, I would e very surprised if the cardiac department does not produce this report to check its procedures and resources allocation.
Yours faithfully,
Moshe Livne
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From: Faye Tiffin
Canterbury District Health Board
Aku mihi nunui,
Faye Tiffin
Support Coordinator | Planning and Funding
Canterbury District Health Board
( DDI: 364 4192, or extension 62192
( 021 194 6908
* email: [1][email address]
32 Oxford Terrace, Planning & Funding, PO Box 1600, Christchurch 8140
Tiakina te taiao. Kaua e tāngia tēnei.
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From: Faye Tiffin
Canterbury District Health Board
Kia ora Moshe,
Before we can begin to process your Official Information Act request (CDHB
10554, received yesterday), our staff first require some clarification
around the wording of your request.
In your request, you employ the terms escalated and non-escalated.
Can you please clarify exactly what you mean by these terms?
Thanks
Aku mihi nunui,
Faye Tiffin
Support Coordinator | Planning and Funding
Canterbury District Health Board
( DDI: 364 4192, or extension 62192
( 021 194 6908
* email: [1][email address]
32 Oxford Terrace, Planning & Funding, PO Box 1600, Christchurch 8140
Tiakina te taiao. Kaua e tāngia tēnei.
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From: moshe livne
Dear Faye Tiffin,
Apologies for not knowing the technical term and hopefully this data is in your database. What I meant is that the GP can prioritise procedures if they think it is urgent. This puts you into priority waiting list, I think? Again, I am not too sure about the inner workings of the CDHB waiting list system, I am just aware that this exists.
Yours sincerely,
moshe livne
From: Faye Tiffin
Canterbury District Health Board
Hi Moshe,
Thanks for the reply.
Just to confirm: by escalated you mean referrals categorised as high priority, and by non-escalated you mean referrals categorised as low priority?
Aku mihi nunui,
Faye Tiffin
Support Coordinator | Planning and Funding
Canterbury District Health Board
CCDDI: 364 4192, or extension 62192
DD021 194 6908
Tiakina te taiao. Kaua e tāngia tēnei.
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From: Faye Tiffin
Canterbury District Health Board
Thank you Moshe
Aku mihi nunui,
Faye Tiffin
Support Coordinator | Planning and Funding
Canterbury District Health Board
CCDDI: 364 4192, or extension 62192
DD021 194 6908
Tiakina te taiao. Kaua e tāngia tēnei.
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From: Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board
Dear Moshe Livne,
Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act request
CDHB 10554.
Kind regards
Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board and West Coast District Health Board
Official Information Act Co-ordinator, Planning and Funding
Level 2, 32 Oxford Terrace
PO Box 1600
Christchurch 8140
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From: moshe livne
Dear Kathleen Smitheram,
Thank you very much for your reply. I would like to understand a few things related to your answer.
1. Regarding the unavailability of 2018 report - what you are saying is actually that that data was not moved from one system to the other and therefor you did not produce these very basic quality reports for at least 3 years? 2020 is an outlier, so I can get no meaningful data out of it. I would think that the data I am asking for is the very minimum DHB has to monitor in order to provide quality assessment for the services they are providing. To phrase the question more formally: Was the CDHB not monitoring the quality of cardiac services for 2017, 2018, 2019? If they did, can I have the quality reports.
2. From your response I understand that Echo (which is currently the most definitive low cost screening procedure) wait times are not monitored by the CDHB for the last 3 years and no one is looking for correlation between Echo wait times and hospitalisation/death incidents? Again, more formally: Was the CDHB not monitoring the quality of cardiac diagnostic services and the correlation to hospitalisation/death for 2017, 2018, 2019? If they did, can I have the quality reports.
3. Same goes to ED while on waiting list. If you do not hold this information, this is a bit worrying. How can you budget your services without such report? Cost of ED vs cost of increasing procedures bandwidth, etc. Formally: Does the CDHB produce quality reports to measure how many people were admitted to ED for heart condition while waiting for a diagnostic/procedure?
Yours sincerely,
moshe livne
From: Faye Tiffin
Canterbury District Health Board
Aku mihi nunui,
Faye Tiffin
Support Coordinator | Planning and Funding
Canterbury District Health Board
( DDI: 364 4192, or extension 62192
( 021 194 6908
* email: [1][email address]
32 Oxford Terrace, Planning & Funding, PO Box 1600, Christchurch 8140
Tiakina te taiao. Kaua e tāngia tēnei.
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From: Faye Tiffin
Canterbury District Health Board
Kia ora Moshe,
Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act request
to Canterbury DHB.
Aku mihi nunui,
Faye Tiffin
Support Coordinator | Planning and Funding
Canterbury District Health Board
( DDI: 364 4192, or extension 62192
( 021 194 6908
* email: [1][email address]
32 Oxford Terrace, Planning & Funding, PO Box 1600, Christchurch 8140
Tiakina te taiao. Kaua e tāngia tēnei.
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