Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - disability or not?
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From: William T Francis
Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,
I refer to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Read Code F286.).
Please confirm whether or not Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is considered a disability by ACC, leveraging these MoH guidelines[0]:
Severity of disability
A three-level classification of how severely people were affected by
disability. According to this definition people with:
• severe disability - receive, or need, daily help with activities such as
preparing meals, shopping, everyday housework, bathing or dressing
• moderate disability - use, or need, ‘some type of assistive device, aid or
equipment’ and/or help with certain heavier or more difficult household
tasks
• mild disability - have a disability but do not require regular help from
other people or technical aids
Again, in this request, I am seeking a simple confirmation whether or not CFS is considered a disability. This means a yes or a no to the following question:
"Does ACC consider Chronic Fatigue Syndrome a disability?"
[0] - https://www.moh.govt.nz/notebook/nbbooks...
[1] - https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undoc...
Yours faithfully,
William T Francis
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Accident Compensation Corporation
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From: Government Services
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Kia ora William
Please find attached our response to your official information request
dated 29 March 2021. If you have any questions about the response you can
contact us at this [1]address, for all other matters please use our
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From: William T Francis
Dear Government Services,
You insult and ashame every sufferer of CFS by your weak leadership shown by this response, in the face of medical fact.
Still waiting for a yes or no.
Yours sincerely,
William T Francis
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Accident Compensation Corporation
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From: William T Francis
Dear Government Services,
Just to clarify the request, because I obviously need to:
"Does ACC consider CFS a disability?"
These sorts of questions are usually responded to by decent humans with a yes or no.
Yours sincerely,
William T Francis
From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
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ACC / Governance / Justice Centre - Level 7
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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
Kia ora William
Thank you for your email below.
It is not ACC’s role to determine whether a person’s injury (such as
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) is a disability. For further explanation, I
refer you to our previous response to you of 29 April 2021
(Ref:GOV-010038).
Ngā mihi
Sasha Wood, Manager OIA Services, ACC
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------------------- Original Message -------------------
From: William T Francis <[FOI #15021 email]>;
Received: Sun Jun 06 2021 17:20:07 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)
To: ACC <[ACC request email]>; <[ACC request email]>;
Subject: Re: Thank you for your email
Dear Government Services,
Just to clarify the request, because I obviously need to:
"Does ACC consider CFS a disability?"
These sorts of questions are usually responded to by decent humans with a
yes or no.
Yours sincerely,
William T Francis
-----Original Message-----
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Ngâ mihi,
Government Engagement and Support Team
Government Engagement & Support, ACC
Te Kaporeihana Âwhina Hunga Whara
ACC / Governance / Justice Centre - Level 7
PO Box 242 / Wellington 6011 /
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