Hospital Buildings Seismic Performance
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From: Frank
Dear Ministry of Health, Te Whatu Ora
Please provide a list of the hospital buildings throughout NZ that contain
Medical emergency facilities or
surgical facilities or
national reserve stockpiles or
emergency generators and other such facilities required for the above facilities to remain operating after a seismic event
along with the buildings current %nbs at IL4, the date of the last assessment, and the type of seismic assessment completed.
Also
each building that is currently identified as the building intended/likely to be used as
an EOC by the relevant health authority after a seismic event.
Please provide the buildings current %nbs at IL4, the date of the last assessment, and the type of seismic assessment completed.
Alternately if you do not hold/cannot provide the above please provide the last seismic assessment for the buildings identified above.
Yours faithfully,
Frank
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Ngā mihi
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From: Frank
Dear OIA Requests,
Thanks for the response and the transfer.
Yours sincerely,
Frank
From: hnzOIA
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From: hnzOIA
Kia ora Frank
Thank you for your request for official information, received on 16 June
2023 for:
“Please provide a list of the hospital buildings throughout NZ that
contain Medical emergency facilities or surgical facilities or national
reserve stockpiles or emergency generators and other such facilities
required for the above facilities to remain operating after a seismic
event along with the buildings current %nbs at IL4, the date of the last
assessment, and the type of seismic assessment completed. Also each
building that is currently identified as the building intended/likely to
be used as an EOC by the relevant health authority after a seismic event.
Please provide the buildings current %nbs at IL4, the date of the last
assessment, and the type of seismic assessment completed. Alternately if
you do not hold/cannot provide the above please provide the last seismic
assessment for the buildings identified above.”
In order to provide you with the information requested, could you please
clarify the term "Medical emergency facilities." By this are you
referring to emergency departments?
Please note, under section 15 of the Official Information Act 1982, any
clarification or amendments made to a request within seven days after the
date it is received, that request may be treated as a new request and the
time limit for the response restarts.
We look forward to receiving your response.
Ngâ mihi
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
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From: Frank
Dear hnzOIA,
Thanks for your question.
In terms of medical emergency facilities; I’m interested in those buildings identified as having post disaster functions that contain medical emergency facilities
Probably the quickest way to answer this one is if you review the documentation relative to your seismic assessment programme and advise how you determined which buildings should be assessed at IL3 and which at IL4.
It would be helpful if you shared how you made this determination/definition as part of your OIA release for context.
Yours sincerely,
Frank
From: hnzOIA
Tçnâ koe Frank,
I write in regard to your request, received by Te Whatu Ora on 16 June
2023 and clarified on 23 June 2023, made under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act).
As you may know, the Act requires that we advise you of our decision on
your request no later than 20 working days after receipt. This email is to
let you know that unfortunately Te Whatu Ora needs more time to make a
decision on your request, and as such, I am notifying you of an extension
until 21 August 2023 at the latest.
This extension has been made in accordance with 15A(1)(b) of the Act,
because consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such
that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the
original time limit.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [1][email address]
You have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman about this
extension. Information about how to do this is available at
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
Ngâ mihi nui
Adam McFerran ([3]he/him)
Kaitohutohu Matua | Senior Advisor, Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief Executive
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Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
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From: hnzOIA
Kia ora Frank
I refer to your OIA request dated 16 June 2023, which in part, asked for
the following:
“Also each building that is currently identified as the building
intended/likely to be used as an EOC by the relevant health authority
after a seismic event”
Whilst a response to your wider request from Te Whatu Ora remains
underway, this email is to advise you that we have transferred the above
portion of your request to Manatû Hauora | Ministry of Health under
Section 14 of the OIA. This is because the information requested is
believed to be more closely connected with the functions of Manatû Hauora
| Ministry of Health.
Manatû Hauora | Ministry of Health will be in contact about this portion
of your request in due course. If you need to get in touch with them in
the meantime, you can contact them at: [1][email address].
You also have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman about this
partial transfer of your request. Information about how to do this is
available at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
Ngâ mihi nui
Adam
Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief Executive
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Kia ora Frank
Please see attached a response to your request for official information.
Ngā mihi
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From: hnzOIA
Kia ora Frank
Further to my email of 20 July 2023 (below), and pursuant to Section
15(1)(a) of the Act, Te Whatu Ora is writing to advise you that a decision
has been made on your request. However, it will take us more time to
prepare the information for release. As it stands, we are responding in
full.
We apologise for the delay, and endeavour to send you the information by 4
September 2023 (at the latest).
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: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngâ mihi nui
Adam McFerran ([2]he/him)
Kaitohutohu Matua | Senior Advisor, Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief Executive
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Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
From: hnzOIA <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, 20 July 2023 2:58 pm
To: Frank FYI <[FOI #23110 email]>
Subject: Te Whatu Ora needs more time to make a decision on your request
HNZ00022306 CRM:0419025
Tçnâ koe Frank,
I write in regard to your request, received by Te Whatu Ora on 16 June
2023 and clarified on 23 June 2023, made under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act).
As you may know, the Act requires that we advise you of our decision on
your request no later than 20 working days after receipt. This email is to
let you know that unfortunately Te Whatu Ora needs more time to make a
decision on your request, and as such, I am notifying you of an extension
until 21 August 2023 at the latest.
This extension has been made in accordance with 15A(1)(b) of the Act,
because consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such
that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the
original time limit.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [6][email address]
You have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman about this
extension. Information about how to do this is available at
[7]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
Ngâ mihi nui
Adam McFerran ([8]he/him)
Kaitohutohu Matua | Senior Advisor, Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief Executive
Follow us on [9]LinkedIn | [10]Facebook | [11]Instagram
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
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From: hnzOIA
Kia ora Frank,
Thank you for your patience. Please find attached our response to your
request.
If you have any questions, please get in touch at
[1][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.
Ngâ mihi
Adam McFerran ([2]he/him)
Kaitohutohu Matua | Senior Advisor, Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief Executive
Follow us on [3]LinkedIn | [4]Facebook | [5]Instagram
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
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