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22 March 2023
Alan Campbell
By email: [FYI request #22146 email]
Ref:
H2023022149
Tēnā koe Alan
Transfer of your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to Manatū Hauora
(the Ministry of Health) on 19 March 2023. You requested:
“Can you please advise whether these codes will differentiate between people that are
experiencing Long Covid and HAVE been vaccinated, vs. those that HAVE NOT been
vaccinated?
If this data is not being collected in a way that enables this analysis can you please
provide meeting notes, memo's emails, documents, presentations etc, that mention the
development or implementation of the codes, AND, vaccination status.”
Reporting of this nature is now the responsibility of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand and as
the information you have requested is more closely connected to the functions of Te Whatu Ora
– Health New Zealand. For this reason, I have transferred your request to Te Whatu Ora under
section 14(b)(ii) 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
Elisabeth Brunt
Group Manager Government Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga
COPY OF OIA REQUEST
From: Alan Campbell <[FYI request #22146 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 19 March 2023 08:07
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Long Covid - Coding
Dear Ministry of Health,
I understand that you have introduced codes to identify Long Covid and that you expect data to
be available later in 2023, after experiencing a delay in implementing them.
Can you please advise whether these codes will differentiate between people that are
experiencing Long Covid and HAVE been vaccinated, vs. those that HAVE NOT been
vaccinated?
This seems to be an obvious requirement to understand any potential benefit of vaccinations.
If this data is not being collected in a way that enables this analysis can you please provide
meeting notes, memo's emails, documents, presentations etc, that mention the development or
implementation of the codes, AND, vaccination status.
Yours faithfully,
Alan Campbell
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