Please provide summarized data of sick leave for all medical staff at Capital and Coast for time period 2019 to 2022

Emile van der Merwe made this Official Information request to Health New Zealand

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From: Emile van der Merwe

Dear Health New Zealand,

Can you please provide summarized data of sick leave for all staff at Capital and Coast from start of 2019 to end of 2022

An example would be amount of staff absent per each day of the year due to illness.

Yours faithfully,

Emile van der Merwe

Yours faithfully,

Emile van der Merwe

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Kia ora Emile, 
 
I refer to your official information request dated 14 March 2023,
requesting the following information:
“What is the target timeframe from receiving a GP referral to assessing a
patient with the
Christchurch Neurology Service. What is the current average timeframe from
receiving a
GP referral to assessing a patient with the Christchurch Neurology
Service.”

Te Whatu Ora would like to clarify the following aspects of your request.
 
Can you please provide summarized data of sick leave for all staff at
Capital and Coast from start of 2019 to end of 2022.  Please define “all
staff” and confirm if you would like calendar year coverage period
An example would be amount of staff absent per each day of the year due to
illness.”  Please define “amount of staff absent” whether this pertains to
the total number of staff absent each day? or total number of absent hours
per day by staff who are absent or the value of these absences per day?
We look forward to your response, so we can assist you with this request.
Ngâ mihi,
Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team

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From: Emile van der Merwe

Dear Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team

This following quoted paragraph is not part of my request. Please remove.

“What is the target timeframe from receiving a GP referral to assessing a
patient with the
Christchurch Neurology Service. What is the current average timeframe from
receiving a
GP referral to assessing a patient with the Christchurch Neurology
Service.”

Here is my OIA.

"Can you please provide summarized data of sick leave for all staff at Capital and Coast from start of 2019 to end of 2022

An example would be amount of staff absent per each day of the year due to illness."

Staff - All employees that work for Capital and Coast in the period of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Your Question: "Please define “amount of staff absent” whether this pertains to
the total number of staff absent each day? or total number of absent hours
per day by staff who are absent or the value of these absences per day?"

Please provide TOTAL NUMBER OF STAFF ABSENT PER DAY.

"confirm if you would like calendar year coverage period" - Please provide TOTAL NUMBER OF STAFF ABSENT PER EACH DAY of the year for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

You sincerely
Emile

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Kia ora Emile

 

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request
received on 14 March 2023 by Health New Zealand regarding Sick leave data
for all staff at Capital and Coast from 2019 to 2022.

 

If you have any questions, you can contact us at [1][Health New Zealand request email].

 

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Nga mihi

 

Robyn Fitzgerald

Ngati Awa; Ngati Kahungunu

Senior Official Information and Correspondence Officer | Kaitohutohu
Matua Mōhiohio Whai Mana me ngā Reta

Communications and Engagement | Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley | Te
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Emile van der Merwe left an annotation ()

Hi all

I was curious to know if the fully vax are more sick than normal and did a basic OIA to determine wheter this should be investigated. Medical staff is a good test group as they have the strictest mandates.

To keep in mind:
hospitals could be under staff from 2021 and 2022 due to mandates. It would be hard to keep track of total staff number but lets assume its less for 2022/2023
if you test positive you must isolate for 7 days so that will increase the leave hours.
year dates are from 1 July to 30 June so for 2023 there is a few month left. Maybe count 3 months so 460,421 is 9/12 of 2022/2023 so projected to be 613,894 by end of June 2023. t. This will be almost a 100% increase if my calculation is correct compared to the 2019/2020 year. I don't know what is a normal shift. Lets say it is 8 hours then it will mean around 19000 days more sick leave just for Capital and coast compare to 2019/2020

I think this needs further investigation.

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Here is the OIA response.

Tēnā koe Emile

Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) – Response OIA 2023031501

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) which was
received by Health New Zealand on 14 March 2023. Specifically, you have requested the
following information:

“Can you please provide summarized data of sick leave for all staff at Capital and Coast from
start of 2019 to end of 2022. An example would be amount of staff absent per each day of
the year due to il ness.”

RESPONSE

A summary of all sick leave taken by staff at Capital Coast, based on the year 1 July to 30
June over the period 2019 to 2023 Year to Date, is set out below.
These figures are inclusive of paid sick leave, unpaid sick leave and COVID special sick
leave.
Capital Coast
Unplanned Leave Hours
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
Totals
343,483
407,494
517,913
460,421

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The Capital and Coast District Health Board was a district health board with the focus on providing healthcare to Wellington City, Porirua City and the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand. The CCDHB employed about 6000 people across the Wellington Region. Wikipedia
Founded: 1 January 2001
Staff: 5800
Purpose: District health board

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