Chief Executive’s Office
Level 12, Building 01
Auckland City Hospital
P O Box 92189
Auckland 1142
(09) 630-9943 ext 22342
Fax: 375 3341
[Auckland District Health Board request email]
05 November 2021
Luke
By email to: [FYI request #17096 email]
Dear Luke
Re
Official Information Request for Nurses at Auckland City Hospital
I refer to your official information request dated 08 October 2021 for the following information:
I am writing to request the number of nurses employed at Auckland City Hospital, and
how many are scheduled to work in the event of a major COVID-19 outbreak. These
questions relate to Auckland City Hospital only. Specifically:
a) How many Nurses are currently employed at Auckland City Hospital?
b) What is the planned maximum number of Nurses designated to work on COVID-
19 wards in the event of a major COVID-19 outbreak?
c) How many Nurses have resigned since May 5, 2021?
d) How many Nurses working in ICU have resigned since May 5, 2021?
e) What is the maximum number of COVID-19 patients ADHB believes it can
reasonably admit to Auckland City Hospital?
f) What is the planned maximum number of ICU beds that is available in the event
of a major COVID-19 outbreak?
By "currently employed", I ask for staff employed as of October 3, 2021, or if unavailable,
the most recent date to that as possible. Similar reasoning applies to c) and d).
By "major COVID-19 outbreak" I mean an outbreak that would represent a worst-case
scenario as planned for by ADHB.
Response
We are unable to provide a response within the normal timeframes due to our response to COVID-
19, as our clinicians, managers and staff are concentrating on measures to manage the current
COVID-19 Delta outbreak in the region.
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Given these circumstances you will, therefore, understand that we do not currently have the
capacity to respond with our normal timeliness to OIA requests and, depending on how the outbreak
spreads, we may not have the capacity for some time to come.
It is therefore necessary to extend the time required to make a decision on your request for
information in accordance with section 15A of the Official Information Act. This is because the
information cannot reasonably be identified, collated or reviewed by the necessary people within 20
working days without unreasonably interfering with our operations. As such, we expect that a
decision will be made on your request and communicated to you by 15 November (10 working days
from the due date of your request). However, we will endeavour to get the response to you as soon
as possible within this timeframe, if possible.
You are entitled to seek a review of the response by the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the
Official Information Act. Information about how to make a complaint is at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely,
Ailsa Claire, OBE
Chief Executive
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