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
[email address]
4 February 2022
Andrew McGregor
By email: [FYI request #17690 email] Dear Andrew
Re: Official Information Request for Treatment Protocols
I refer to your official information requests dated 24 November 2021 and transferred to Auckland DHB 22
December for the following information:
1) Guidelines/procedure for investigating possible Colonic Motility Dysfunction/Defecatory
Disorders/Anorectal Dysfunction
2) What are the Guidelines/procedures for patients repeatedly admitted to Emergency Department
with severe epigastric pain/ and upper right and left quadrant pain
3) What are the official Guidelines/procedures for urgent X-rays (24 hour)
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.
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.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is ava
ilable at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Please note that this response, or an edited version of this response, may be published on the Auckland
DHB website.
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Dotchin
Acting Chief Executive
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