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Dear N Vaughan
Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received today.

We are working on a response for you, which will be sent as soon as practical and within the 20 working day timeframe as per the Ombudsman's Guidance, by 12 May 2021. We will contact you if we have any queries with the request or need to extend the timeframe for your response. In those cases, we will advise why the extension is necessary, and indicate when the response will be ready.

Please note that, like all DHBs across New Zealand, Counties Manukau DHB has begun a process of proactive disclosure, which means OIA responses will be publicly available via our website around 10 days after they have been released. Our response will advise if we intend to publish the response, (with personal information removed) and related documents on the CMDHB website. If you advise us of special reasons why proactive disclosure should not apply to your response, we will consider this.

Kind regards
Dinah

Dinah Nicholas
Executive Assistant to Margie Apa - Chief Executive Officer
Board Secretary
___________________________________________
M: 021 682 923 
[email address]
Executive Management Suite, Level 1 Bray Building, Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu
Middlemore Hospital, Private Bag 93311, Otahuhu, Auckland 1640
www: [email address]

-----Original Message-----
From: N Vaughan [mailto:[FYI request #15152 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 13 April 2021 11:12 a.m.
To: Communications (CMDHB)
Subject: Official Information request - Gifts to medical staff from pharmaceutical companies

Dear Counties Manukau District Health Board,

I am a law student and am writing a research paper on gifts given by pharmaceutical companies to medical staff.

I am therefore requesting the following information under the Official Information Act (OIA):

1. Do you keep a central gift register, which records details about what gifts medical staff receive, who they are from, and the gift's value? If not, why not?

2. How many staff in your DHB have accepted gifts (of any form) from pharmaceutical companies? Information from the past 2-year period is preferred, including what these gifts were, and their monetary value.

3. Is there any policy in place that prevents medical staff from accepting some gifts from pharmaceutical companies? If so, please send a copy of this policy.

In relation to disclosure of these gifts (from pharmaceutical companies):

4. When must medical staff disclose these gifts to the hospital or DHB? If there is a related policy, please send a copy.

5. Are medical staff required to disclose these gifts to their patients? If there is a related policy, please send a copy.

If you need any more information from me please let me know as soon as possible.

I understand that a decision on a request for information under the OIA should be made within 20 working days of receiving that request.

Ngā mihi nui

N Vaughan

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Dear N Vaughan

I refer to your OIA request below dated 13th April 2021 for information regarding gifts to medical staff from pharmaceutical companies.
The Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no later than 20 working days after the day we received your request. We are writing to advise that we are preparing a response for you however will not be able to provide a full response within the timeframe and are notifying you of an extension of time. This extension is necessary because your request is for detailed information and meeting the original time frame is not possible in these circumstances. We will provide the response to you by 19th May 2021.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. More information is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this decision, please feel free to contact me.

Kind regards,
Sarah

Sarah Burr
Official Information Act Specialist I Communications Team
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T: + 64 9 276 0044 | M: + 64 21 276 2704
[email address]
Middlemore Hospital I 100 Hospital Road, Otahuhu I Private Bag 93311 Otahuhu, Auckland 1640
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-----Original Message-----
From: N Vaughan [mailto:[FYI request #15152 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 13 April 2021 11:12 a.m.
To: Communications (CMDHB)
Subject: Official Information request - Gifts to medical staff from pharmaceutical companies

Dear Counties Manukau District Health Board,

I am a law student and am writing a research paper on gifts given by pharmaceutical companies to medical staff.

I am therefore requesting the following information under the Official Information Act (OIA):

1. Do you keep a central gift register, which records details about what gifts medical staff receive, who they are from, and the gift's value? If not, why not?

2. How many staff in your DHB have accepted gifts (of any form) from pharmaceutical companies? Information from the past 2-year period is preferred, including what these gifts were, and their monetary value.

3. Is there any policy in place that prevents medical staff from accepting some gifts from pharmaceutical companies? If so, please send a copy of this policy.

In relation to disclosure of these gifts (from pharmaceutical companies):

4. When must medical staff disclose these gifts to the hospital or DHB? If there is a related policy, please send a copy.

5. Are medical staff required to disclose these gifts to their patients? If there is a related policy, please send a copy.

If you need any more information from me please let me know as soon as possible.

I understand that a decision on a request for information under the OIA should be made within 20 working days of receiving that request.

Ngā mihi nui

N Vaughan

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FYI request #15152 email]

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Dear Mr Vaughan

Please find attached our final response to your request for Information. 
Our apologies for the delay in getting this to you.

 

Regards

Dinah

 

Dinah Nicholas

Executive Assistant to Margie Apa - Chief Executive Officer

Board Secretary

___________________________________________

M: 021 682 923 

[1][email address]

Executive Management Suite, Level 1 Bray Building, Middlemore Hospital,
Otahuhu

Middlemore Hospital, Private Bag 93311, Otahuhu, Auckland 1640

www: [2][email address]

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(NZBS).
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