Thanks for your email I have forwarded it to the person who handles our OIA requests - kind regards diana

Diana Marriott
Communications Manager

Bay of Plenty District Health Board
DDI: 07 579 8029
[mobile number]
www.bopdhb.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom sellers [mailto:[OIA #2574 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 11 March 2015 9:41 p.m.
To: Communications
Subject: Official Information Act request - 1. How many staff have accepted gifts from the pharmaceutical industry in any form or nature?

This is a request for information, made under the provisions of ss 4 and 5 of the Official Information Act 1982 (“the Act”). I therefore would like the following information;

1. How many staff have accepted gifts from the pharmaceutical industry in any form or nature?
2. What is the level of influence of the pharmaceutical industry on the New Zealand medical profession?
3. What is the relationship between your DHB and the pharmaceutical industry.

Please CONFIRM receipt of this email to prevent unnecessary follow-up emails and extensions being requested.
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As required by s12(1) of the Act, I am a New Zealand citizen. I will provide confirmation of this, if required. However, since all of our correspondence will be published on the FYI.org.nz site, I will only do so over the phone or email, with which you provide. This would only be for the purpose of citizenship confirmation, and nothing further related to this request.

As required by s12(3) of the Act, I shall provide reason(s) why this request should be treated as URGENT. The questions above raise important issues of accountability of the Government, its departments and agents. Any and all information provided as a result of this request could and may be published either by the writer online to a wide audience or passed onto media outlets for publication so that the public can be kept informed on important issues of transparency.

As required by s13(c) of the Act, if this request “has not been made … to the appropriate department or Minister of the Crown or organisation or local authority”, it is your duty to give reasonable assistance to me to direct my request to the appropriate department or Minister of the Crown or organisation or local authority.

Further to the above statutory requirement, under s14 of the Act, if the information I seek is either not held or you believe it is more closely connected with another department or Minister of the Crown or organisation, or of a local authority you shall promptly, and in any case not later than 10 working days after the day on which the request is received, transfer the request to the other department or Minister of the Crown or organisation, or to that local authority, AND inform me accordingly.

As required under s15A of the Act, if you believe that a time extension is warranted for this request, you must under ss15A(2),(3) and (4) give notice to me of this extension within 20 working days after the day on which my request was received. In that notice, you should state; the period of the extension, give reasons for the extension and remind me of my right to complain to the Ombudsman under s28(3). Finally, the extension must be for a reasonable time, having regards to the circumstances.

As required by s18B of the Act, you must consider consulting me before refusing my request under the provisions of ss18(e) and (f) which relate to a document not being able to be found or existing or where substantial collation and research would be required for my current request.

As required by s19(a)(i), you must provide reasons if you refuse any parts of this request.

I will, if required, complain to the Ombudsman, as is my right under s28(3) of the Act, if any of the above statutory requirements on you are not complied with. Further to this, if your reply is not “as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days after the day on which the request is received” as required under s15(1) of the Act, I will also complain to the Ombudsman.

This request is made through the site FYI.org.nz. All correspondence will be automatically forwarded to me through the site and published online immediately. I require, where appropriate, all electronic copies of all documents in your response. For more information on how the site works, please visit www.fyi.org.nz/help/about.

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Morning Tom

Receipt of your request is acknowledged and a reply will be made as soon as possible.

Many thanks

Annette Copeland
Acting Executive Assistant
to Phil Cammish, Chief Executive Officer
and Gail Bingham, GM Governance & Quality

Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Private Bag 12024
Tauranga 3143

Ph: (07) 579 8363
Fax: (07) 571 5434

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom sellers [mailto:[OIA #2574 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 11 March 2015 9:41 p.m.
To: Communications
Subject: Official Information Act request - 1. How many staff have accepted gifts from the pharmaceutical industry in any form or nature?

This is a request for information, made under the provisions of ss 4 and 5 of the Official Information Act 1982 (“the Act”). I therefore would like the following information;

1. How many staff have accepted gifts from the pharmaceutical industry in any form or nature?
2. What is the level of influence of the pharmaceutical industry on the New Zealand medical profession?
3. What is the relationship between your DHB and the pharmaceutical industry.

Please CONFIRM receipt of this email to prevent unnecessary follow-up emails and extensions being requested.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As required by s12(1) of the Act, I am a New Zealand citizen. I will provide confirmation of this, if required. However, since all of our correspondence will be published on the FYI.org.nz site, I will only do so over the phone or email, with which you provide. This would only be for the purpose of citizenship confirmation, and nothing further related to this request.

As required by s12(3) of the Act, I shall provide reason(s) why this request should be treated as URGENT. The questions above raise important issues of accountability of the Government, its departments and agents. Any and all information provided as a result of this request could and may be published either by the writer online to a wide audience or passed onto media outlets for publication so that the public can be kept informed on important issues of transparency.

As required by s13(c) of the Act, if this request “has not been made … to the appropriate department or Minister of the Crown or organisation or local authority”, it is your duty to give reasonable assistance to me to direct my request to the appropriate department or Minister of the Crown or organisation or local authority.

Further to the above statutory requirement, under s14 of the Act, if the information I seek is either not held or you believe it is more closely connected with another department or Minister of the Crown or organisation, or of a local authority you shall promptly, and in any case not later than 10 working days after the day on which the request is received, transfer the request to the other department or Minister of the Crown or organisation, or to that local authority, AND inform me accordingly.

As required under s15A of the Act, if you believe that a time extension is warranted for this request, you must under ss15A(2),(3) and (4) give notice to me of this extension within 20 working days after the day on which my request was received. In that notice, you should state; the period of the extension, give reasons for the extension and remind me of my right to complain to the Ombudsman under s28(3). Finally, the extension must be for a reasonable time, having regards to the circumstances.

As required by s18B of the Act, you must consider consulting me before refusing my request under the provisions of ss18(e) and (f) which relate to a document not being able to be found or existing or where substantial collation and research would be required for my current request.

As required by s19(a)(i), you must provide reasons if you refuse any parts of this request.

I will, if required, complain to the Ombudsman, as is my right under s28(3) of the Act, if any of the above statutory requirements on you are not complied with. Further to this, if your reply is not “as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days after the day on which the request is received” as required under s15(1) of the Act, I will also complain to the Ombudsman.

This request is made through the site FYI.org.nz. All correspondence will be automatically forwarded to me through the site and published online immediately. I require, where appropriate, all electronic copies of all documents in your response. For more information on how the site works, please visit www.fyi.org.nz/help/about.

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On behalf of Phil Cammish, CEO:

 

Tom

 

In response to your request for information under the Official Information
Act regarding the Pharmaceutical Industry:

 

1.       How many staff have accepted gifts from the pharmaceutical
industry in any form or nature.  

                A review of the organisational gift register shows that no
staff have reported receiving gifts from the pharmaceutical industry.

 

2.       What is the level of influence of the pharmaceutical industry on
the New Zealand medical profession?

BOPDHB is not in a position to answer this question as it does not
undertake social research.

 

3.       What is the relationship between your DHB and the pharmaceutical
industry.

BOPDHB participates in selected drug trials through the BOP Health
Research Trust.

 

Many thanks

 

Annette Copeland

Acting Executive Assistant

to Phil Cammish, Chief Executive Officer

and Gail Bingham, GM Governance & Quality

 

Bay of Plenty District Health Board

Private Bag 12024

Tauranga 3143

 

Ph: (07) 579 8363

Fax: (07) 571 5434

 

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Annette Copeland
Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2015 10:58 a.m.
To: '[OIA #2574 email]'
Subject: FW: Official Information Act request - 1. How many staff have
accepted gifts from the pharmaceutical industry in any form or nature?

 

Morning Tom

 

Receipt of your request is acknowledged and a reply will be made as soon
as possible.

 

Many thanks

 

Annette Copeland

Acting Executive Assistant

to Phil Cammish, Chief Executive Officer and Gail Bingham, GM Governance &
Quality

 

Bay of Plenty District Health Board

Private Bag 12024

Tauranga 3143

 

Ph: (07) 579 8363

Fax: (07) 571 5434

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Tom sellers
[[1]mailto:[OIA #2574 email]]

Sent: Wednesday, 11 March 2015 9:41 p.m.

To: Communications

Subject: Official Information Act request - 1. How many staff have
accepted gifts from the pharmaceutical industry in any form or nature?

 

This is a request for information, made under the provisions of ss 4 and 5
of the Official Information Act 1982 (“the Act”). I therefore would like
the following information;

 

1.            How many staff have accepted gifts from the pharmaceutical
industry in any form or nature?

2.            What is the level of influence of the pharmaceutical
industry on the New Zealand medical profession?

3.            What is the relationship between your DHB and the
pharmaceutical industry.

 

Please CONFIRM receipt of this email to prevent unnecessary follow-up
emails and extensions being requested.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

As required by s12(1) of the Act, I am a New Zealand citizen. I will
provide confirmation of this, if required. However, since all of our
correspondence will be published on the FYI.org.nz site, I will only do so
over the phone or email, with which you provide. This would only be for
the purpose of citizenship confirmation, and nothing further related to
this request.

 

As required by s12(3) of the Act, I shall provide reason(s) why this
request should be treated as URGENT. The questions above raise important
issues of accountability of the Government, its departments and agents.
Any and all information provided as a result of this request could and may
be published either by the writer online to a wide audience or passed onto
media outlets for publication so that the public can be kept informed on
important issues of transparency.

 

As required by s13(c) of the Act, if this request “has not been made … to
the appropriate department or Minister of the Crown or organisation or
local authority”, it is your duty to give reasonable assistance to me to
direct my request to the appropriate department or Minister of the Crown
or organisation or local authority.

 

Further to the above statutory requirement, under s14 of the Act, if the
information I seek is either not held or you believe it is more closely
connected with another department or Minister of the Crown or
organisation, or of a local authority you shall promptly, and in any case
not later than 10 working days after the day on which the request is
received, transfer the request to the other department or Minister of the
Crown or organisation, or to that local authority, AND inform me 
accordingly.

 

As required under s15A of the Act, if you believe that a time extension is
warranted for this request, you must under ss15A(2),(3) and (4) give
notice to me of this extension within 20 working days after the day on
which my request was received. In that notice, you should state; the
period of the extension, give reasons for the extension and remind me of
my right to complain to the Ombudsman  under s28(3). Finally, the
extension must be for a reasonable time, having regards to the
circumstances.

 

As required by s18B of the Act, you must consider consulting me before
refusing my request under the provisions of ss18(e) and (f) which relate
to a document not being able to be found or existing or where substantial
collation and research would be required for my current request.

 

As required by s19(a)(i), you must provide reasons if you refuse any parts
of this request.

 

I will, if required, complain to the Ombudsman, as is my right under
s28(3) of the Act, if any of the above statutory requirements on you are
not complied with. Further to this, if your reply is not “as soon as
reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days
after the day on which the request is received” as required under s15(1)
of the Act, I will also complain to the Ombudsman.

 

This request is made through the site FYI.org.nz. All correspondence will
be automatically forwarded to me through the site and published online
immediately. I require, where appropriate, all electronic copies of all
documents in your response. For more information on how the site works,
please visit [2]www.fyi.org.nz/help/about.

 

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[3]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

 

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manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA page.

 

 

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