Long covid statistics
DG made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
This request has an unknown status. We're waiting for DG to read recent responses and update the status.
From: DG
Dear Ministry of Health,
Please can you let me know:
1) To date, since the beginning of the covid pandemic, how many people have been diagnosed with suffering from long covid?
2) How many of these people have reviewed at least one covid-19 vaccination?
Thank you
Yours faithfully,
Dan
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora
Thank you for your request for official information. The reference number
for your request is: H2024040314
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, Manatū Hauora will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. If you'd like to calculate the
timeframe, you can use the Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact the OIA Services Team
on [2][email address]. If any additional factors come to light which
are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that
these can be taken into account.
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: [3][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
[4]Ministry of Health information releases
------------------- Original Message -------------------
From: DG <[FOI #26538 email]>;
Received: Thu Apr 25 2024 20:39:40 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>; OIA <[email address]>;
Subject: Official Information request - Long covid statistics
Dear Ministry of Health,
Please can you let me know:
1) To date, since the beginning of the covid pandemic, how many people
have been diagnosed with suffering from long covid?
2) How many of these people have reviewed at least one covid-19
vaccination?
Thank you
Yours faithfully,
Dan
****************************************************************************
Statement of confidentiality: This e-mail message and any accompanying
attachments may contain information that is IN-CONFIDENCE and subject to
legal privilege.
If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate,
distribute or copy this message or attachments.
If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender
immediately and delete this message.
****************************************************************************
References
Visible links
1. http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
2. mailto:[email address]
3. mailto:[email address]
4. https://www.health.govt.nz/about-ministr...
hide quoted sections
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Dan,
Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
M[1]inistry of Health information releases
U[2]nite against COVID-19
****************************************************************************
Statement of confidentiality: This e-mail message and any accompanying
attachments may contain information that is IN-CONFIDENCE and subject to
legal privilege.
If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate,
distribute or copy this message or attachments.
If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender
immediately and delete this message.
****************************************************************************
References
Visible links
1. https://www.health.govt.nz/about-ministr...
2. https://covid19.govt.nz/
hide quoted sections
From: DG
Dear OIA Requests,
Thank you for your response to my query.
I would like understand further.
If no Government department or agency is currently collating any statistics on Long Covid then how can these statements in your response be carried out/justified:
1) "The Ministry continues to assess the impact of Long COVID via funded research".
2) "In August 2022, the Ministry introduced new clinical codes for long COVID"
3) "we released the first long COVID guidelines for health professionals, individuals and those caring for people with long COVID"
4) "The Ministry has recently commissioned a number of research projects looking at long COVID"
It is not clear in your response who is funding this work but if it is taxpayers money then I, as a taxpayer, would expect to know that there were statistics coming out of any research.
So my question then is, why is research taking place, government guidelines being released, and new clinical codes being produced for something we do not know how many people are suffering from?
Why are these decisions being made without any statistics to justify these actions?
Yours sincerely,
Dan
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora
Kia ora Dan,
Thank you for your request for official information. The reference number
for your request is: H2024041125
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, Manatū Hauora will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. If you'd like to calculate the
timeframe, you can use the Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact the OIA Services Team
on [2][email address]. If any additional factors come to light which
are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that
these can be taken into account.
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: [3][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
[4]Ministry of Health information releases
-----Original Message-----
From: DG [5][FOI #26538 email]
Sent: Wednesday, 8 May 2024 7:03 pm
To: OIA Requests [6][email address]
Subject: Re: Response to your official information act request – ref
H2024040314 CRM:0141259
Dear OIA Requests,
Thank you for your response to my query.
I would like understand further.
If no Government department or agency is currently collating any
statistics on Long Covid then how can these statements in your response be
carried out/justified:
1) "The Ministry continues to assess the impact of Long COVID via funded
research".
2) "In August 2022, the Ministry introduced new clinical codes for long
COVID"
3) "we released the first long COVID guidelines for health professionals,
individuals and those caring for people with long COVID"
4) "The Ministry has recently commissioned a number of research projects
looking at long COVID"
It is not clear in your response who is funding this work but if it is
taxpayers money then I, as a taxpayer, would expect to know that there
were statistics coming out of any research.
So my question then is, why is research taking place, government
guidelines being released, and new clinical codes being produced for
something we do not know how many people are suffering from?
Why are these decisions being made without any statistics to justify these
actions?
Yours sincerely,
Dan
****************************************************************************
Statement of confidentiality: This e-mail message and any accompanying
attachments may contain information that is IN-CONFIDENCE and subject to
legal privilege.
If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate,
distribute or copy this message or attachments.
If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender
immediately and delete this message.
****************************************************************************
References
Visible links
1. http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
2. mailto:[email address]
3. mailto:[email address]
4. https://www.health.govt.nz/about-ministr...
5. mailto:[FOI #26538 email]
6. mailto:[email address]
hide quoted sections
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Dan,
Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
M[1]inistry of Health information releases
U[2]nite against COVID-19
****************************************************************************
Statement of confidentiality: This e-mail message and any accompanying
attachments may contain information that is IN-CONFIDENCE and subject to
legal privilege.
If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate,
distribute or copy this message or attachments.
If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender
immediately and delete this message.
****************************************************************************
References
Visible links
1. https://www.health.govt.nz/about-ministr...
2. https://covid19.govt.nz/
hide quoted sections
Things to do with this request
- Add an annotation (to help the requester or others)
- Download a zip file of all correspondence
Offensive? Unsuitable?
Requests for personal information and vexatious requests are not considered valid requests for Official Information (read more).
If you believe this request is not suitable, you can report it for attention by the site administrators
Report this request
R Bailey left an annotation ()
You should ask for how many times the long COVID code has been assigned to patients, how are the codes stored and who accesses them.
Link to this