Tēnā koe, 

 

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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.

 

 

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Health NZ, Te Whatu Ora.

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Tēnā koe Jacqui,

 

Thank you for your email of 2 November 2024, asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):

 

I request a copy of any response made to the commissioners letter, and
whether or not a response has been made, copies of all supporting
information and briefings held by health New Zealand relating to these
issues that could inform or could have informed a response.  

Along with this please provide any information or correspondence in the
period 1st July 2022 to 9th May 2024 that is pertinent to the issues
raised including but not limited to assessment of the evidence for
efficacy, clinical or cost effectiveness of treatments undertaken globally
for this group of conditions and decisions or policy informed by such
assessments or judgments. 

 

Any information or email correspondence about EDS and GI vascular
compression syndromes is likely to include a significant volume of
material that staff would be required to manually review, taking
considerable time away from their core business function. In order to
provide you with information that is feasibly retrievable can you please
refine the timeframe of your request to a three-month period?

 

o a copy of any response to the Health & Disability Commissioner to the
letter received on 9 May 2024
o any formal documents relating to EDS & GI vascular compression
syndromes from X to X [three-month period]

 

Without refinement to the above, your request may be declined under
section 18(f) of the Act, as it may require substantial collation.

 

This email is also 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 11 March 2025. The length of this extension takes into
account the legislative close down period from 25 December 2024 to 15
January 2025.

 

This extension is required because the consultations needed to make a
decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit. We will need to consult with the
Health and Disability Commissioner throughout the process of completing
your request, however we will endeavour to have a response to you as soon
as possible.

 

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

 
Miranda
Government Services
[2][email address] 
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
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