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PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
23 November 2022
Chris McCashin
By email: [FYI request #21145 email]
Ref:
H2022017148
Tēnā koe Chris,
Transfer of your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to Manatū Hauora
(Ministry of Health) on 17 November 2022. You requested:
“Could you please provide a data set in Excel or csv file with the following columns - for
the last 12 years by month to the end of this year for the whole of New Zealand.
Column 1 to 5
- Residential Facility Name
- Level of Care (E.g. Rest Home, Dementia, Hospital Level)
- Physical Address
- Geocoded Location - NZTM
- DHB within which the Residential Care Facility resides
Column 6 - Number of Residents at the Start of the Period
Column 7 - Deaths During Period - whether the person died in the facility or in another
facility (such as a public hospital)
Column 8 - Age Group at Death (in 10 year bands)
I would expect that these numbers are available from the MoH's payment system for
residential care, or a national dataset collated from DHB systems. Residents should be
able to be counted and tracked via their NHI number (which records their date of death
and age at death).
If there are any commercial or privacy issues with the above dataset then please discuss.
There may be ways that you can communicate:
A - the % Death Rate per Facility (Column 7 / Column 6)
B - wider Age Groups (e.g. 10 year bands to 90 then everyone above 90)
C - Hide the Facility Name”
The requested information is more closely connected to the functions of Te Whatu Ora (Health
New Zealand). For this reason, I have decided to transfer your request to Te Whatu Ora under
section 14(b)(i)(i ) of the Act. You can expect a response from Te Whatu Ora in due course.
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, na
Jan Torres
Acting Manager, OIA Services
Government and Executive Services
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