Coroner and Avoidable Ambulance Deaths
Lauren Doocy made this Official Information request to Paul Goldsmith
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From: Lauren Doocy
Dear Paul Goldsmith,
The Health and Disability Commission has recently reported on avoidable deaths resulting from errors in ambulance communication centres.
Provide:
1) Advice the minister has received from the chief coroner about these cases.
2) Figures related to the number of cases that the coroner is currently investigating about ambulance service-related deaths.
3) Figures related to the number of cases that the coroner has investigated in the past five years about ambulance service-related deaths.
4) Figures related to the number of cases that the coroner has decided to pass to other agencies, which raise concerns about ambulance service-related deaths.
5) To what extend does the coroner currently not investigate ambulance service-related deaths due to concerns about resourcing?
6) Provide any briefs, emails or meeting minutes from the past year that relate to concerns about inadequate funding of the coroner's office, preventing timely investigation of deaths notified to the coroner.
Yours faithfully,
Lauren Doocy
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From: Paul Goldsmith (MIN)
Paul Goldsmith
Good morning,
On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 2 November 2024, where you requested:
1) Advice the minister has received from the chief coroner about these cases.
2) Figures related to the number of cases that the coroner is currently investigating about ambulance service-related deaths.
3) Figures related to the number of cases that the coroner has investigated in the past five years about ambulance service-related deaths.
4) Figures related to the number of cases that the coroner has decided to pass to other agencies, which raise concerns about ambulance service-related deaths.
5) To what extend does the coroner currently not investigate ambulance service-related deaths due to concerns about resourcing?
6) Provide any briefs, emails or meeting minutes from the past year that relate to concerns about inadequate funding of the coroner's office, preventing timely investigation of deaths notified to the coroner.
We received your request on 2 November 2024. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 29 November 2024, being 20 working days after the day your request was received.
If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
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From: Paul Goldsmith (MIN)
Paul Goldsmith
Tēnā koe Lauren
On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister of Justice, thank you for your
Official Information Act request of 2 November 2024. Specifically, you
requested:
1) Advice the minister has received from the chief coroner about these
cases.
2) Figures related to the number of cases that the coroner is currently
investigating about ambulance service-related deaths.
3) Figures related to the number of cases that the coroner has
investigated in the past five years about ambulance service-related
deaths.
4) Figures related to the number of cases that the coroner has decided to
pass to other agencies, which raise concerns about ambulance
service-related deaths.
5) To what extend does the coroner currently not investigate ambulance
service-related deaths due to concerns about resourcing?
6) Provide any briefs, emails or meeting minutes from the past year that
relate to concerns about inadequate funding of the coroner's office,
preventing timely investigation of deaths notified to the coroner.
Your request is believed to be more closely connected with the functions
of the Ministry of Justice.
This is to notify you that in accordance with section 14 of the Official
Information Act 1982, your request has been transferred to the Ministry of
Justice to consider.
You will hear further from the Ministry directly concerning your request.
Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice
Minister for State Owned Enterprises | Minister for Treaty of Waitangi
Negotiations
Minister for Media and Communications
Ministerial Email: [1][Paul Goldsmith request email] | Web:
[2]www.beehive.govt.nz
Freepost Parliament: Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
6160, New Zealand
Authorised by Hon Paul Goldsmith, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
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From: May, Annie
Kia ora Emma
The Ministry of Justice has accepted transfer of your query regarding
avoidable deaths occurring as a result of errors in ambulance
communication centres from Minister Goldsmith’s office.
The ID number for this is OIA 227279, with a due date of 4 December 2024.
Ngâ mihi
Annie
[1]Description: Annie May
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Senior
Advisor (Communications)
Ph: 027 291 7573
[2]www.justice.govt.nz
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From: May, Annie
Kia ora Lauren
My sincerest apologies for the earlier email I sent you, in which I
mistakenly addressed you as “Emma”.
My chunky fingers also led to an error in the ID number I gave you.
The number is in fact OIA 117279, but the due date is definitely 4
December 2024.
My apologies again for the earlier error.
Ngâ mihi
Annie
[1]Description: Annie May
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Senior
Advisor (Communications)
Ph: 027 291 7573
[2]www.justice.govt.nz
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From: Lauren Doocy
Dear May, Annie,
Thank you so much and not a problem.
Yours sincerely,
Lauren Doocy
From: Media - Justice
Dear Lauren
Please find your OIA response attached.
Ngā mihi,
Communications Services
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture
www.[1]justice.govt.nz
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