Tēnā koe, 

 

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reply to confirm that we have received your email.  Depending on the
nature of your request you may not receive a response for up to 20 working
days.  We will try to respond to your query as quickly as possible.

 

 

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Health NZ, Te Whatu Ora.

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Tēnā koe David,

 

Thank you for your email asking for the following information under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):

 

"Can you please provide the date that the ‘staff hiring freeze’ started
for Health NZ / hospitals (i.e. the date that additional approvals were
needed for hiring or a change to previous recruitment/hiring processes
that took place at some point in the last few months). 
Can you also provide any data on total spend on overtime rates (additional
payments for staff working overtime) for hospitals, by month, for the last
6 months. To be clear this is the total spend across all hospitals each
month (trying to establish a month to month trend) - not for each hospital
individually. 
Lastly, are there any high level statistics available for safe staffing
levels that can be released for hospitals (all hospitals across NZ) in the
last 6 months?"

 

 This email is to let you know that Health NZ needs more time to make a
decision on your request.

 

The Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit, and we are
therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our
decision, to 16 September 2024.

 

This extension is required because the consultation necessary to make a
decision on your cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.

 

If you have any questions, please contact us
at [1][email address]

 

If you are not happy with this extension, 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.

 

Shane Sharma

Government Services

Spark Central, 44-48 Willis Street, Wellington| PO Box 5013, Wellington
6140
Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora 
[2]www.TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
 
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Kia ora David, 
 
Thank you for your request for information. We apologise for the delay in
responding to your request.
 
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 [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
 

Ngâ mihi nui

Shane Sharma (he/him)
Advisor, Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief Executive
Spark Central, 44-48 Willis Street, Wellington| PO Box 5013, Wellington
6140
Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora 
[3]www.TeWhatuOra.govt.nz

 

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