Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

1. How many work-related gradual process claims does ACC receive per year?

2. How many work-related gradual process claims does ACC accept per year?

3. How many work-related gradual process claims does ACC decline per year?

4. What did ACC News (1996) Issue 16 say about occupational overuse syndrome (OOS) conditions? What were the specific diagnoses from three classification groups that medical practitioners were advised to provide?

5. When did ACC replace the term Occupational Overuse Syndrome (OOS) with Regional Pain Syndrome?

6. What advice did ACC receive about replacing the term Occupational Overuse Syndrome with Regional Pain Syndrome?

7. Did the change referred to in 5 and 6 above occur following the ACC Consensus meeting on fibromyalgia and other chronic pain syndromes of February 1998 that was chaired by Professor Des Gorman and referred to in the article by Dr DB Rankin that was published in the New Zealand Medical Journal in 1999?

8. What ACC processes were instituted with regard to work-related gradual process claims by computer keyboard and mouse users following the ACC Consensus meeting of February 1998?

Yours faithfully,

Acclaim Otago

Dear Government Services,

The above request was due to have its reply yesterday.

Please provide the requested information as requested and as is due now.

Yours sincerely,

Acclaim Otago