21st February 2022
Paul Blackham
Private Individual
Email:
[FYI request #18307 email]
Dear Paul,
Official Information Act Request for – Heart related visits to Hospital
I write in response to your Official Information Act request received by us 25th January 2021, you
requested the following information:
•
I am seeking the number of people that have visited any/al hospitals and doctor's
surgeries within the CMDHB for any/al heart related issues, (including but not limited to
pericarditis, myocarditis, heart attacks and strokes). The data requested is for the 11
month period from February 2021 until December 2021 inclusive, displayed in month by
month format, and compared to the monthly data for the previous three years.
Following receipt of your request, we advised “
We wil not be able to provide any data on people visiting
doctor's surgeries within the CMDHB area. This is within the primary care arena and we do not hold data
for this type of information. We can however provide data on any hospital visits. For the heart related
issues its very broad and we can give data looking for all Diseases of the Circulatory system (Minus Benign
Hypertension as it is so common).”
You responded on the 28th January 2022
“I am happy for you to provide data relating to the diseases
of the circulatory system as long as it's inclusive of myocarditis and pericarditis.”
Counties Manukau Health Response:
For context Counties Manukau Health (CM Health) employs over 8,500 staff and provides health and
support services to people living in the Counties Manukau region (approx. 601,490 people). We see over
118,000 people in our Emergency Department each year, and over 2,000 visitors come through
Middlemore Hospital daily.
Our services are delivered via hospital, outpatient, ambulatory and community-based models of care.
We provide regional and supra-regional specialist services i.e. for orthopaedics, plastics, burns and spinal
services. There are also several specialist services provided including tertiary surgical services, medical
services, mental health and addiction services.
•
I am seeking the number of people that have visited any/al hospitals and doctor's
surgeries within the CMDHB for any/al heart related issues, (including but not limited to
pericarditis, myocarditis, heart attacks and strokes). The data requested is for the 11
month period from February 2021 until December 2021 inclusive, displayed in month by
Counties Manukau Health
Private Bag 93311, Otahuhu, Auckland
T: 09 276 0000 | cmdhb.org.nz
month format, and compared to the monthly data for the previous three years. I am
happy for you to provide data relating to the diseases of the circulatory system as long as
it's inclusive of myocarditis and pericarditis
Table 1 below reflects patients admitted to hospital with at least one diagnosis for
circulatory disease excluding Benign Hypertension. We have provided the data for 2018-
2021 for a year to year comparison.
Feb
Mar
Apr May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Total
2018 1,015 1,159 1,096 1,136 1,163 1,213 1,297 1,148 1,221 1,139 1,104 14,709
2019 1,031 1,183 1,107 1,249 1,106 1,272 1,178 1,062 1,138 1,131 1,108 14,584
2020 1,053 1,028 805 1,061 1,140 1,273 1,077 1,189 1,181 1,124 1,153 14,104
2021 957 1,204 1,102 1,120 1,176 1,219 1,115 938
966 1,024 896
13,738
Table 1 Source: Health Intel igence & Informatics
Cases with circulatory disease Feb - Dec 2018 to 2021
1,400
1,200
1,000
nth
800
600
400
Cases per mo 200
-
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2018
2019
2020
2021
Figure 1 Source: Health Intel igence & Informatics
I trust this information answers your request. 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 available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or Freephone 0800 802 602.
Please note that this response or an edited version of this may be published on the Counties Manukau
Health website. If you consider there are good reasons why this response should not be made publicly
available, we wil be happy to consider this.
Yours sincerely
Dr Peter Watson
Acting Chief Executive Officer
Counties Manukau Health