14 July 2022
Emma Vitz
By email:
[FYI request #19607 email]
Tēnā koe Emma,
Your Official Information Act request, reference:
Thank you for your email of 15 June 2022, asking for the fol owing which has been considered under
the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I would like to request the fol owing information for each of the DHBs in New Zealand, split
by DHB.
1. The total number of procedures outsourced by year (including the year to date) for the
past five years.
Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ South Canterbury Response: Please refer to Appendix A.
2. For each year, provide a breakdown of the type of procedure.
Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ South Canterbury Response: Please refer to Appendix A.
3. For each year, provide the total spend on outsourced elective surgeries.
Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ South Canterbury Response: Please refer to Appendix B.
4. For each year, provide the amount that these surgeries would have cost the DHBs if they
had not been outsourced.
Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ South Canterbury Response: Te Whatu Ora- Health New Zealand
South Canterbury does not hold this information; therefore, we are unable to provide this it
under section 18(e) of the Official information Act.
How to get in contact
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman.
Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning
0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health NZ has decided to
proactively release a copy of this response on Health NZ’s website. Al requester data, including your
name and contact details, wil be removed prior to release. The released response wil be made
available here.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Sandra Low
Tautoko o Kaiwhakahaere | Executive Assistant
South Canterbury
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Appendix A:
Appendix B:
Calendar Year
Outsourced Surgery Spend (exc GST)
2017
-$82,750.00
2018
-$184,648.10
2019
-$676,127.76
2020
-$910,792.63
2021
-$1,076,292.23
2022
-$806,113.24
Grand Total
-$3,736,723.96
Note that:
• In 2020-21, $156,700 relates to Orthopaedic outsourcing on behalf of Southern DHB
• in 2021-22, $956,086 relates to Orthopaedic outsourcing on behalf of Southern DHB.