19 February 2025
Chris Johnston
[FYI request #28619 email] Tēnā koe Chris
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00078687
Thank you for your email on 10 February 2025, following up your earlier requests HNZ00067356
and HNZ00075154, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
"Please expand on Health NZ’s previous response to OIA HNZ00061156 by breaking the
numbers down into Age Range and number of doses of any COVID vaccine received by
the person at the date/time of arrival at the Emergency Dept.
The response should be in a machine readable format - in a csv or Excel format is
acceptable.
To recap, the original OIA read: ‘ The number of people under the age of
40 presenting to Emergency departments throughout NZ hospitals with Chest pain or heart
issues for the years 2017 to 2024 ?
(Please provide figures year by year)’
Further breakdown requested in this OIA:
1) Age Ranges - under 40, 40 to 65 inclusive, over 65
2) Doses - 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7+
3) Where a person had multiple visits to an Emergency Dept in a year please provide two
columns - a total count and a unique count of NHI numbers.
Cell obfuscation:
a) Where a cell is <5 people please populate this with "<5" for confidentiality.
b) True zero cells should be shown - as zero and not marked as <5."
Response
Your request is refused under section 18(g) of the Act, because the data you have requested is not
held by Health NZ.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[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
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Danielle Coe
Manager (OIA) Government Services
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wellington 6140, New Zealand
