OIA REQUEST
Received:
12 October 2021
Due:
10 November 2021
Response Date:
18 October 2021
Subject:
Risk Assessment
In response to your request under the Official Information Act, please find our response below:
Request
Under the OIA, I request a copy of the following:
The Risk assessment that was used to class Mental Health & Addiction Services as High Risk
in the internal Visitors and Nominated Support Persons – Standards Policy 6.9.4 Protocol 1
(1.1 - 1.2).
Response
There was no specific risk assessment document utilised to class Mental Health and Addiction
services as High Risk in this instance. This assessment was made by senior staf based on
the clinical and operational knowledge of the service.
Bay of Plenty DHB supports the open disclosure of information to assist the public
understanding of how we are delivering publicly funded healthcare. This includes the
proactive publication of anonymised Of icial Information Act responses on our website. Please
note this response may be published on our website.
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www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
DEBBIE BROWN
Senior Advisor Governance and Quality