Dear Mr Soar

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 04 July 2015, requesting:

How many deaths per annum are in any way attributable to pharmaceutical
drugs, intentional, unintentional overdose or negative reactions.  Simply
the total annual figure if available.

Your request has been received and logged.  As required under the Official
Information Act 1982, the Ministry will respond to your request within 20
working days.  You should receive a response on or before 31 July 2015.

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the Ministry
needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to extend this
date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act).  We will advise you
if such an extension is necessary.

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H201502585

Yours sincerely
 
Fox Swindells
OIA Co-ordinator l Government Relations l Office of the Director General

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Dear Mr Soar

Thank you for your letter of 4 July 2015 requesting under the Official
Information 1982 (the Act) data on the number of deaths per year
attributable to pharmaceutical drugs.

The Ministry is pleased to respond to your request; see the following
attachment.

Kind regards
Mary
Mary Kearns
Group Administrator
Classification and Terminology
National Collections and Reporting
Information Group
National Health Board
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 2830
Fax: 04 816 2897

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