12 February 2024
Chrystal Hill
[FYI request #24939 email]
Tēnā koe Chrystal,
Your request for Official information, reference: HNZ00033146
Thank you for your email on 28 November 2023, asking for the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I wish to know the number of house officers and registrars working in your regions –
specifically Waitematā, Counties Manukau, and Auckland City. Please treat this as three
separate requests for each region.
1/ House Of icers:
A. Time Frame: Week 6 of each quarter in 2023.
B/ Information Required:
i. Department and Team Breakdown: Exact number of house officers in each department
and team.
i . Relieving Staff Numbers: Total count of relieving house officers during these weeks.
i i. Vacant Positions: Detailed list of all vacant house officer positions.
iv. Leave Details: Specific numbers of house officers on annual leave, sick leave, and
bereavement leave from Monday to Sunday of the specified weeks.
v. Extra Shifts and Duties: Detailed account of any additional duties or cross-covering
shifts, including those outside normal hours.
vi. Changes in Staff Numbers: Clear explanations for any variations in house officer
numbers between quarters.
2/ Registrars:
A/ Time Frame: Weeks 4 and 10 of each half-year rotation in 2023.
B/ Information Required:
i. Department and Team Breakdown: Exact number of registrars in each department and
team.
i . Relieving Staff Numbers: Total count of relieving registrars during these weeks.
i i. Vacant Positions: Detailed list of al vacant registrar positions.
iv. Leave Details: Specific numbers of registrars on annual leave, sick leave, and
bereavement leave from Monday to Sunday of the specified weeks.
v. Extra Shifts and Duties: Detailed account of any additional duties or cross-covering
shifts, including those outside normal hours.
vi . Changes in Staff Numbers: Clear explanations for any variations in registrar numbers
between the specified times.
Response
See the attached documents for complete response to the above, broken down into the requested
regions, Waitemata, Te Toka Tumai Auckland and Counties Manukau. Please note the breakdown
of leave details for staff could identify details, therefore to avoid the potential to identify individuals
in our data, all values between 1 and 5 are suppress and represented as <5, under section 9(2)(a)
of the Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[Health New Zealand request email].
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.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Te Whatu Ora may
proactively release a copy of this response on our website. Al requester data, including your name
and contact details, wil be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Mark Shepherd
Regional Director – Northern
Hospital and Specialist Services
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz