Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

For as far back as there are records available, I would like breakdowns of ACC’s spending on acupuncture.

Firstly, I would like a breakdown of spending by condition, using, if possible, categories taken from the ACC’s Injury Statistics Tool (http://www.acc.co.nz/for-individuals/inj...):

Ante Natal Injuries
Burns
Concussion / Brain Injury
Corrosive Injuries
Deafness
Dental Injuries
Foreign Body In Orifice / Eye
Fracture / Dislocation
Gradual Onset
Hernia
Inhalation / Ingestion Specific Occasion
Inhalation Diseases-Asbestos / Lead
Laceration, Puncture Wound, Sting
Mental Injury / Nervous Shock
Non-Occupational Disease / Infection
Occupational Disease / Infection
Other
Self Administered Drugs / Treatment
Soft Tissue Injury
Toxic / Adverse Effect
Unknown

Secondly, I would like a breakdown of spending based on the treatment used from the ACC’s Acupuncture Treatment Profiles document (http://www.acc.co.nz/PRD_EXT_CSMP/groups...).

Yours faithfully,

Mark Honeychurch