Where did the money go?
K Roe (Account suspended) made this Official Information request to Canterbury District Health Board
The request was refused by Canterbury District Health Board.
From: K Roe (Account suspended)
Dear Canterbury District Health Board,
I read in the news that Andrew Little said that Canterbury District Health board is given funds from the Ministry of Health to employ 3 dermatologists.
I interpreted that to mean 3 x 1 FTE dermatology positions.
(So, for example, it could be filled by 6 of them, working half-time, which would give them time to do things like read so as to keep up with international best practice, write so as to contribute to international best practice, teach, etc).
Apparently the number of dermatology postions is presently 0.
So I am wondering what the money was spent on. I suppose it wasn't given back to the government unspent because the District Health Board is, on the instructions of some Manager who thinks he knows better than International Best Practice, that it is 'good' or 'ideal' or 'aspirational' or 'required' that the Health Board run at a deficit. Year after year after year cry cry crying for more money from the Government for not being able to provide all of the services that they were given money to provide.
They blew the budget. That is to say, they spent more money than the recieved from teh Government, apparently, they would have us belive.
So... What did the 3 FTE dematology salaries get spent on?
You could name one thing (of comparable value) that the money was spent on. Something not approved by the governmetn but money was spent on it anyway.
Party?
Pay increase?
Orthopedics x7?
How much money does it cost to dump a spouse at Hillmorton, these days?
Yours faithfully,
K Roe
From: Communications
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From: K Roe (Account suspended)
Dear Communications,
I am also interested to know how much money the Canterbury District Health Board paid to the South African Orthopedics hire who was here for 1 week before his children were killed and his wife was taken into involuntary confinement by the Canterbury District Health Board in Hillmorton.
Was he paid for 1 week's work at a 1 FTE Orthopedics consultant -- or something else?
- What was the duration of his employment? Is he still on payroll?
Yours sincerely,
K Roe
From: K Roe (Account suspended)
Dear Communications,
Was his wife on payroll?
Apparently she was a Medical Doctor, also.
Did she ask for an application to apply to be on payroll? That's how that works -- right? They don't publically advertise jobs, you are supposed to write to them and beg them or bribe them or who knows what them in order for them to supply you with an application to be on payroll.
Was she obviously competent / a good hire but they wouldn't give her an application to be on payroll?
Because it's sooooooooooooooooooooo competitive that someone can't be enrolled in the 120 point MPhil Degree that they applied to be enrolled in even when *there were no other applicants to be enrolled in that programme*. Sooooooooooo competitive. The nature of the competition becomes clear.
What kind of doctor was she?
Psychiatry?
I don't suppose you can tell me any of this...
I suppose the very competent government monopoly governmnet contract holders for government prosecution are going to be looking into all of this for the public accountability trial (yeah right)
Fucking joke
Yours sincerely,
K Roe
From: Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board
Dear K Roe
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Canterbury District Health Board and West Coast District Health Board
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From: Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board
Dear K Roe,
We emailed you on 28/02/2022 (see below) requesting verification of
eligibility to make a request of CDHB under the Official Information Act.
We have not heard from you, so at this time we are closing the request on
our log.
Kind regards
Kathleen Smitheram
From: Kathleen Smitheram
Sent: Monday, 28 February 2022 11:24 AM
To: [FOI #18692 email]
Cc: Ralph La salle <[email address]>
Subject: RE Official Information Act request CDHB 10826 Verification of
eligibility to make request and Acknowledgement letter 28/02/2022
Dear K Roe
We are considering your request for information under the guidelines of
the NZ Ombudsman and against the Official Information Act (1982) section
12(1)a-e) “Right of Access to Certain Official Information” i.e. that the
person requesting the information is:
(a) a New Zealand citizen; or
(b) a permanent resident of New Zealand; or
(c) a person who is in New Zealand; or
(d) a body corporate which is incorporated in New Zealand; or
(e) a body corporate which is incorporated outside New Zealand, but which
has a place of business in New Zealand
[1]https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/publ...
Can you please provide verification that you fit the above criteria for
requesting Official Information from the CDHB. We do not have the
capacity to respond to overseas Official Information Act requests.
At present all we have for you is an email address. Could you please
provide us with:
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landline or mobile ph.) Please note: This information will not be made
public it is just for our records only.
We have logged your request (CDHB 10826) however we have put your request
on hold while we await the above verification.
Kind regards
Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board and West Coast District Health Board
Official Information Act Co-ordinator, Planning and Funding
Level 2, 32 Oxford Terrace
PO Box 1600
Christchurch 8140
*[email address];
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From: Sophie Lyons
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