Kia ora Andrew,


Thank you for your requests for official information received on 25 November 2021 for:

Please provide Guidelines/Procedures for the management of postoperative Urinary Retention (POUR)”

"Please provide Guidelines/procedure for the management/prevention of persistent Postsurgical Pain”

“Please provide Guidelines/procedure in the treatment of patients after a suicide attempt and/or suicidal ideation”

“Please provide Guidelines/procedure differentiating subtypes of primary (idiopathic) constipation”

Your request asks for information which is more closely connected with the functions of the District Health Boards (DHBs). For this reason, the Ministry of Health has decided to transfer your request to all DHBs under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act. You can expect a response from the DHBs in due course.

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at: [email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Ngâ mihi,

OIA Services Team

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