8 March 2023
Jonty Piers
[FYI request #21532 email]
Tēnā koe Jonty
Your request for Official information, reference: HNZ00009654
Thank you for your email on 8 February 2023, asking for the following which has been
considered under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act). You have specifically
requested:
“Number of emergency presentations for inflammatory heart disease (pericarditis and
myocarditis) in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022”
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand collects national information about people visiting
Emergency Departments in New Zealand. Currently however, not all hospitals report this
information with diagnostic codes. There is work underway to ensure all hospitals report ED
information with diagnostic codes. However, this data is not yet complete. Therefore, your
request has been refused under section 18(g) of the Act.
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Nāku iti noa, nā
Gaynor Bradfield
Manager, Office of the Chief Data and Digital
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Te Whatu Ora, PO Box 793,
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand