Auckland DHB
Chief Executive’s Office
Level 12
Building 1
Auckland City Hospital
PO Box 92189
Victoria Street West
Auckland 1142
24 December 2021
Ph: (09) 630-9943 ext: 22342
Email: [email address]
Andrew McGregor
By email: [email address]
Dear Andrew
Re:
EXTENSION LETTER Official Information Act request – Treatment protocols – guidelines /
procedures ADHB Ref: 20211209-1118
I refer to your Official Information Act request dated 25 November 2021 to the Ministry of Health
(MoH) and the transfer from MoH to Auckland DHB dated
9 December 2021 requesting the
following information:
1. Please provide Guidelines/Procedures for the management of postoperative Urinary
Retention (POUR)”
2. "Please provide Guidelines/procedure for the management/prevention of persistent
Postsurgical Pain”
3. “Please provide Guidelines/procedure in the treatment of patients after a suicide attempt
and/or suicidal ideation”
4. Please provide Guidelines/procedure differentiating subtypes of primary (idiopathic)
constipation”
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.
Also, please note that the OIA system is on hold nationally between 24 December 2021 and 17
January 2022.
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
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information cannot reasonably be identified, collated or reviewed by the necessary people within 20
working days without unreasonably interfering with our operations.
We are therefore writing to notify you that we require an extension of the time and will be able to
supply the information you requested by
Friday 4 February 2022.
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 faithfully
Margaret Dotchin
Acting Chief Executive of Te Toka Tumai (Auckland District Health Board)
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