Kia ora Elodie

Thank you for your request for official information regarding HVDHB mental health care service use which was received by Hutt Valley District Health Board (HVDHB) on 6 April 2021.

Your request has been received and logged. As required under the OIA, we will respond to your request within 20 working days. You should therefore receive a response on or before 5 May 2021.

If a large amount of information has been requested or if Hutt Valley DHB needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to extend this date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act). We will advise you if such an extension is necessary.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact Hutt Valley DHB by return email or by emailing us at [email address]. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into account.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or free phone 0800 802 602.

Nāku ite noa, nā

Robyn Fitzgerald
2DHB Correspondence and Official Information Act Officer | Communications Unit|  Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast District Health Boards
M: 027 277 4261 | T: 04 570 9488 | Ext: 9488 | www.huttvalleydhb.org.nz | www.ccdhb.org.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Elodie Green <[FOI #15085 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 6 April 2021 4:20 PM
To: OIA Request [HVDHB] <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - HVDHB mental health care service use

Dear Hutt District Health Board,

I am seeking information on the performance and service of DHBs for their provision of mental health services. I would like data for the following:

For all of your individual mental health and addiction services (including Mental Health; Child and adolescent metal health; and (Te Haika) Mental Health Crisis response):
• Number of distinct new entries/cases per month, by age group (five year bands if possible*), 2015 – 2020 calendar year • Number of total new entries/cases per month, by age group (five year bands), 2015 – 2020 calendar year • Number of distinct cases open at month end, by age group (five year bands), 2015 – 2020 calendar year • Number of distinct exits per month, by age group (five year bands if possible*), 2015 – 2020 calendar year • Number of total new exits per month, by age group (five year bands), 2015 – 2020 calendar year

For the DHB:
• Number of hospitalisations, emergency and non-emergency, for mental health per year, by age group (five year bands), 2015 – 2020 calendar year • Number of people waitlisted to see a psychologist per year, by age group (five year bands), 2015 – 2020 calendar year • Number of people seeing a psychologist, per year, by age group (five year bands), 2015 – 2020 calendar year • Number of psychologists employed by the DHB at year end (split by part time, full time, contracted) by year, 2015 – 2020 calendar year

*Five year bands are ideally 0 – 5, 6 – 10, 11 -15, 16- 20, 21 – 25, 26 -30, etc. If there is too much suppression in those age bands can it please be in ten year age bands.

Ngā mihi nui,
Elodie Green

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Kia ora Elodie

 

I understand from my colleague at Capital & Coast District Health Board
that you had sent this same request to her and she had responded that it
would be a 2DHB response.  Therefore it did not need to be sent to HVDHB. 
I have attached a copy of her acknowledgement letter.

 

My error I should have checked the register.  Apologies.  The above OIA is
now cancelled.  The 2DHB response for the same request is due 19 April
2021.

 

I hope this clarifies the mix up.

 

 

Nāku ite noa, nā

 

Robyn Fitzgerald

2DHB Correspondence and Official Information Act Officer | Communications
Unit|  Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast District Health Boards

M: 027 277 4261 | T: 04 570 9488 | Ext: 9488 | [1]www.huttvalleydhb.org.nz
| [2]www.ccdhb.org.nz

 

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