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]
20 April 2022
By email:
[FYI request #18614 email]
Dear Kelly
I refer to your Official Information Act request – OIA 1165 – Auckland DHB Doctors Payroll Information
transferred to us by the Ministry of Health on 3 March requesting the following information:
Once upon a time I lived in Canberra and I was fortunate to have the opportunity to have psycho-
dynamical y oriented psychotherapy with a psychiatrist in private practice.
Before I embarked on work with him I googled him to check there wasn't a pattern of serious
al egations against him or anything problematic like that. I was initial y surprised to find payrol
information from the Canberra Hospital. Then I realized that he worked part time in private and
part time in public practice. The payrol information was publicly available (accessible on the
internet) because it was public practice.
The information listed all Clinical employees. Their full name. The capacity they were hired in
(e.g., Consultant Psychiatrist). The FTE of the position. The gross amount that they were paid
(that was associated with the FTE of the position).
I would like to see this information from the Auckland District Health Board (ADHB).
Why?
I am trying to understand what is going on with Psychiatry (in the first instance) in Auckland. I
am trying to get a handle on whether there are ample Psychiatrists on payrol (but they are
trained never to set foot on the hospital -- like how Otago wanted to train students to get signed
off on their workplace internship without attendance) or whether there aren't ample
Psychiatrists on payrol (where they are getting 5th year medical students or building apprentices
to pass themselves off as consultants while they pay the University for their work experience in
the hospital). Or, more likely, see the sort of ratios.
As wel as the Clinical staff. I would also like to know about the non-clinical staff. The
administration and management, particularly.
I suppose I want to see where the payrol money goes so I can understand what's going on with
where the money goes in the Hospital. Or if the idea is that Ailsa Claire gives most of the money
back (unspent) and it's on that understanding that she gets to keep her job with the payrol she
apparently gets. .
I know that was a bit long but I am trying to provide the context for my question and reassurance
that this is a question about public information that should be readily available or accessible to
people who manage the payrol and hirings etc.
Welcome Haere Mai | Respect Manaaki | Together Tūhono | Aim High Angamua
adhb.govt.nz
- ALL Clinical staff (doctors).
- Nonclinical management / administration
On 23 February the Ministry of Health on our behalf asked you to clarify exactly what information you were
requesting.
You responded saying:
The title should help you focus:
ADHB doctors payroll information
Response
Your request is unclear and your response did not assist in clarifying your request. We have considered
whether charging or extending the timeframe for responding to your request would assist us in managing
this issue, and have concluded it would not. We have, therefore, determined to refuse your request under
Section 18(f) of the Official Information Act.
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
https://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
Ailsa Claire, OBE
Chief Executive
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