Medical Appointments for Prisoners
Hope Kennedy-Smith made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections
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From: Hope Kennedy-Smith
Dear Department of Corrections,
1) Please provide me with the total number of medical appointments outside of prison attended by prisoners, per week, since January 1, 2019. Please break this down by prison. Please give this to me in an excel spreadsheet.
2) How many medical appointments outside of prison have been cancelled or delayed due to Level 3 and 4 Covid Lockdowns?
3) Please provide me with the total number of medical appointments in prison attended by prisoners, per week, since January 1, 2019. Please break this down by prison. Please break this down by the type of appointment, e.g. nurse, doctor, dental. Please give this to me in an excel spreadsheet.
4) How many medical appointments within prisons have been cancelled or delayed due to Level 3 and 4 Covid Lockdowns? Please break this down by the type of appointment, e.g. nurse, doctor, dental.
5) How long is the waiting list to see a doctor, dentist, or nurse at each prison, as of today’s date?
Yours faithfully,
Hope Kennedy-Smith
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Kia ora,
Thank you for your email of 01 October 2021 requesting various information
related to medical appointments for prisoners.
Please be advised your request has been received and will be considered
under the Official Information Act 1982.
Please note that our response letter to you (with your personal details
redacted), and any enclosed documents, may be published on Corrections’
website.
Ngā mihi | Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Mayfair House, 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington 6011
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Kia ora,
Please find attached correspondence from Corrections.
Kind Regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Kia ora,
Please find attached Correspondence from Corrections.
Kind Regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Kia ora,
Please find attached Correspondence from Corrections.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011
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