13 November 2024
Rodney Parsons
[FYI request #28830 email] Kia ora Rodney
Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-036068
Thank you for your request of 20 October 2024, asking for the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Anecdotally, there has been an increase in treatment injury in the New Zealand Health System over
the last decade. Please provide rates of treatment injury and thematic review for as far back as
possible. Include business reports on treatment injury over the same period.
On 25 October 2024, we asked you to clarify what information you were seeking in regard to the thematic
review request. On 27 October 2024, you clarified the following:
I'm after whatever subcategories you use to report treatment injury, so if it's mesh, or hospitals, or
sentinel events, whatever categories you already routinely use. If you can also include the cost (in
terms of amount paid) for those claims.
The requested information is attached
When interpreting the data provided, please refer to the ‘
Notes’ tab.
Claim counts fewer than four
Some values in the table provided only indicate that the claim count is fewer than four (denoted as <4). In
other instances, values are suppressed and denoted as two dots (..). This limits the potential for particular
individuals or matters specific to certain individuals from being identified. This decision has been made
under section 9(2)(a) of the Act. In making this decision, we have considered the public interest in making
the information available and have determined that it does not outweigh the need to protect our clients’
privacy.
Treatment injury reports
ACC’s website has information on treatment injuries including publications and resources which can be
viewed here:
www.acc.co.nz/for-providers/treatment-recovery/treatment-safety.
Our published Treatment Injury Publications entitled Supporting Treatment Safety, up to 2021 are available
to view here:
•
www.acc.govt.nz/assets/provider/3576fe7b9a/supporting-patient-safety-report-2018.pdf •
www.acc.co.nz/assets/provider/2de075da69/supporting-treatment-safety-report-2019.pdf •
www.acc.co.nz/assets/provider/supporting-treatment-safety-report-2020.pdf •
www.acc.co.nz/assets/provider/ACC7971-Supporting-Treatment-Safety-2021.pdf
ACC also regularly provides treatment injury data to the Health Quality & Safety Commission health system
quality dashboard, which is available to view here:
www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-data/quality-
dashboards/dashboard-of-health-system-quality/.
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As this information may be of interest to other members of the public ACC may publish a copy of this response on ACC’s website. All requester data, including your name and
contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released response will be made available
www.acc.co.nz/resources/#/category/12 If you have any questions about this response, please get in touch
You can email me at
[email address]. If you are not happy with this response, you can also
contact the Ombudsman
via [email address] or by phoning 0800 802 602. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. Ngā mihi
Christopher Johnston
Manager Official Information Act Services
Government Engagement
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