COVID-19 vaccine adverse reactions that are entered and held in CARM
Mr. DDT Webster made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
Response to this request is long overdue. By law Ministry of Health should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.
From: Mr. DDT Webster
Dear Ministry of Health,
I realise that this information will be held digitally and I am happy to receive an export in a CSV file then I can query the content myself rather than use tax payers funding asking you to run the many queries I have on this.
My intention is to use this information in a positive community blog myself and others are proposing to set up for our community to help resolve any confusion from the misinformation that is currently circulating.
I am requesting for each case included in the COVID-19 vaccine safety reports issued by Medsafe to date and ongoing such as at https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/saf....
For each case included in each COVID-19 vaccine safety report please report the following, as I do not believe any combination or manipulation of this information will make it personally identifiable in any way.
I will be grateful when I receive the following:
a) CARM #, the case number or unique id used in the system or some other reference number used in the system for this/each case,
b) Reporter details (member of the public, health professional, other)
c) Event narrative; the description of what happened as entered by the reporter into CARM
d) Reaction Type; for example blood clot, stroke, headache, dizziness,
e) Age; the age or age group of the person the adverse reaction report is about if known,
f) Gender; the gender of the person if known,
g) Ethnicity; the ethnicity of the person if known,
h) Date of vaccination reported in CARM if known,
i) Date adverse event reported in CARM,
j) AEFI Details (Adverse event description); the full description of the adverse event or reaction as entered in CARM by the reporter of the event,
k) Outcome; Any patient or reaction outcome recorded in the system,
l) Adverse Reaction Review; such as details as to why the adverse reaction entered into CARM was determined to be unrelated to the vaccination, as stated regarding the stroke and blood clots reported to date.
m) Other Information; Any other information pertaining to the adverse reaction entered and held in CARM not covered by the above list.
Also please provide this information for the cases reported to date in the safety reports already published as at 21 May 2021, numbered 1 to 7 and any more issued at the time this request is processed.
Also if you are able to provide this information each week for all new cases recorded in the system going forward this would help our blog keep up to date and resolve misinformation quicker with your up to date information.
If we can make this ongoing report available to the public via the current COVID-19 safety monitory website at https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/saf... again that will help keep New Zealanders up to date with current authenticated information via an inexpensive channel.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. D Webster
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora
Thank you for your request for official information received on 31 MAY
2021 for:
" I am requesting for each case included in the COVID-19 vaccine safety
reports issued by Medsafe to date and ongoing such as
at https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/saf....
a) CARM #, the case number or unique id used in the system or some other
reference number used in the system for this/each case,
b) Reporter details (member of the public, health professional, other)
c) Event narrative; the description of what happened as entered by the
reporter into CARM
d) Reaction Type; for example blood clot, stroke, headache, dizziness,
e) Age; the age or age group of the person the adverse reaction report is
about if known,
f) Gender; the gender of the person if known,
g) Ethnicity; the ethnicity of the person if known,
h) Date of vaccination reported in CARM if known,
i) Date adverse event reported in CARM,
j) AEFI Details (Adverse event description); the full description of the
adverse event or reaction as entered in CARM by the reporter of the event,
k) Outcome; Any patient or reaction outcome recorded in the system,
l) Adverse Reaction Review; such as details as to why the adverse reaction
entered into CARM was determined to be unrelated to the vaccination, as
stated regarding the stroke and blood clots reported to date.
m) Other Information; Any other information pertaining to the adverse
reaction entered and held in CARM not covered by the above list.”
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202106617.
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 29 JUNE 2021, being 20
working days after the day your request was received.
If we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we
will notify you of an extension of that time frame.
If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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Kia ora D Webster,
Thank you for your request for official information, received on 31 May
2021 requesting:
“I am requesting for each case included in the COVID-19 vaccine safety
reports issued by Medsafe to date and ongoing such as
at https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/saf....
a) CARM #, the case number or unique id used in the system or some other
reference number used in the system for this/each case,
b) Reporter details (member of the public, health professional, other)
c) Event narrative; the description of what happened as entered by the
reporter into CARM
d) Reaction Type; for example blood clot, stroke, headache, dizziness,
e) Age; the age or age group of the person the adverse reaction report is
about if known,
f) Gender; the gender of the person if known,
g) Ethnicity; the ethnicity of the person if known,
h) Date of vaccination reported in CARM if known,
i) Date adverse event reported in CARM,
j) AEFI Details (Adverse event description); the full description of the
adverse event or reaction as entered in CARM by the reporter of the event,
k) Outcome; Any patient or reaction outcome recorded in the system,
l) Adverse Reaction Review; such as details as to why the adverse reaction
entered into CARM was determined to be unrelated to the vaccination, as
stated regarding the stroke and blood clots reported to date.
m) Other Information; Any other information pertaining to the adverse
reaction entered and held in CARM not covered by the above list.”
The Ministry of Health has decided to extend the period of time available
to respond to your request under section 15A of the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act) as further research collation and consultation is
required.
You can now expect a response to your request on, or before, 19 July 2021.
You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review my decision to extend the time available to respond to your
request.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [1][email address]
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Paul Jones left an annotation ()
From my OIA request the CARM data is now available for download into a spreadsheet, see instructions here;
https://fyi.org.nz/request/15670-covid-1...
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Kia ora D Webster,
Please find attached the response for your request for official
information.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [1][email address]
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Mr. DDT Webster left an annotation ()
Thanks Paul but you are missing my point i.e. I want detailed information and not in the detail that breaches privacy but detail non the less.
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Thank you Ministry of Health. I look forward to a detailed reply in July as this extension expires.
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