Tēnā koe Rodney,

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Health (Manatū Hauora) on 20 October 2024. 

The Ministry does not hold any information relating to your request;
however, I have been advised that this information is held by Health New
Zealand. For this reason, I have decided to transfer your request to their
agency under section 14(b)(i) of the Act. You can expect a response from
Health New Zealand ([1][email address]) in due course. 

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: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

Ngā mihi

 

OIA Services Team
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
[3]Ministry of Health information releases 

  

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Tēnā koe, 

 

Thank you for contacting Health NZ, Te Whatu Ora. This is an automatic
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.

 

 

Ngā mihi

 

Health NZ, Te Whatu Ora.

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Tēnā koe Rodney

 

Thank you for your email of 22 October 2024 asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):

                 

Please provide briefings, risk assessments, reviews or reports relating to
concerns about the emergency department in Palmerton North over the past
couple of years, particularly those that have involved bringing in
external business consultants.

 

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 18 December 2024 (20 working days)

 

Pursuant to section 15A(1)(a) of the Act, this extension is required
because the request is for a large quantity of official information and
necessitates a search through a large quantity of information prior to our
being able to make a decision on your request.

 

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.

 

Nāku iti noa, nā

 

Kathleen Smitheram

Government Services

[2][email address]   

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

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Kia ora Rodney

 

I am just wanting to touch base with you regarding your official
information act request ref: HNZ00069098. As you are aware we wrote to you
on 8 November 2024 advising that an extension was required due to the
large quantity of information requested. 

 

Unfortunately, we did not extend this long enough to provide you the
information. We apologise that this won't be provided to you as expected.
I apologise for the delay in providing our response, this is something we
are working hard to get on top of and I can confirm we are in the process
of finalising the information for your request and will release this to
you without undue delay. Noting the statutory shutdown period of 25
December to 15 January 2025 for OIAs. 

 

We appreciate your patience and understanding in the meantime. 

 

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.
 
Ngā mihi

Kathleen

Government Services

[3][email address]   

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

 

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Kia ora Rodney,
 
Thank you for your request for information dated 20 October 2024. Please
find attached our response to your request with appendix 2 and 3.

 

Noting that Appendix One of our response is too large to send in one
email, therefore, I am separating it into five separate emails.

 

I sincerely apologise for the delay in providing our response. The time
taken is not what we aspire to. This is something we are working to get on
top of as we deal with a high volume of requests and the understandably
high public interest in our work.

 

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.
 
Ngā mihi

Kathleen 

Government Services

[3][email address]   

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

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Kia ora Rodney,
 
Please find attached Appendix 1 Part 1 - email 2 of 5.
 
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.
 
Ngā mihi

Kathleen 

Government Services

[3][email address]   

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

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Kia ora Rodney,
 
Please find attached Appendix 1 Part 2 - email 3 of 5.
 
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
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at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
 
Ngā mihi

Kathleen 

Government Services

[3][email address]   

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

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Kia ora Rodney,
 
Please find attached Appendix 1 Part 3 - email 4 of 5.
 
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If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a
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at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
 
Ngā mihi

Kathleen 

Government Services

[3][email address]   

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

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Please find attached Appendix 1 Part 4 - email 5 of 5.
 
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If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a
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Ngā mihi

Kathleen 

Government Services

[3][email address]   

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

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