Tēnā koe Valentino,

Thank you for your request under the Privacy Act 2020 (the Act) to the
Ministry of Health (Manatū Hauora) on 13 December 2024.

The Ministry of Health does not hold any information relating to your
request; however, I have been advised that this information is held
by Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora. For this reason, I have decided to
transfer your request to their agency under section 43(1)(a) of the Act.
You can expect a response from Te Whatu Ora in due course. Should you wish
to follow up, their email address is [1][email address] 

Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review the decision to transfer 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

 

 

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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 Valentino,

 

Thank you for your email of 15 December 2024, asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):

 

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|For the last 5 years please provide the average waiting time in days |
|from the date of referral from GP to first specialist appointment and |
|the waiting time from date of first specialist appointment to surgical |
|event for elective procedures in public hospitals.  |
| |
|  |
| |
|Please provide this by PHO and also split by major specialty (general |
|surgery, neurology, respiratory, etc.).  |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 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 26/02/2025.

 

This extension is required because the the volume of information is such
that a proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time
limit under section 15A(1)(a) of the Act. 

 

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.

 

Ngā mihi  

 

Dave

Government Services

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

 

 

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