17 January 2025
Rodney Parsons
[FYI request #29577 email]
Tēnā koe Rodney
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00075608
Thank you for your email on 17 December 2024, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for
the fol owing under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“Please provide copies of:
- The risk management policies and procedures for Te Whatu Ora.
- Copies of the most recent risk registers for each of the four regions.
- Copies of the most recent risk registers for each NZ hospital.”
On 19 December 2024, Health NZ contacted you to refine your request, otherwise it would be
refused under section 18(f) of the Act as substantial manual col ation would be required to provide
the information requested. On 20 December 2022, you confirmed that you would like to proceed
with the fol owing refinement:
“The national and four regional strategic risk registers’ as wel as an ‘outline [of] any other
registers that exist, but not provide the actual registers, at this stage.”
Response
Your request for information, even though it has been refined is very broad, and substantial manual
col ation would be required to locate and prepare al documents within its scope. As such,
providing al of the information requested would ‘impair efficient administration’ under section
16(2)(a) of the Act.
However, we have provided contextual information in response to your request, under section
16(1)(e) of the Act.
Health NZ along with other agencies, such as the Ministry of Health | Manatū Hauora,
Pharmaceutical Management Agency (Pharmac), and the Health Quality and Safety Commission |
Te Tāhū Hauora, are responsible for ensuring public funding and services protect, promote and
improve the health of al New Zealanders (section 3 of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022
(Pae Ora Act)).
These agencies along with others are also responsible for considering or implementing policies
and procedures to ensure improved hauora outcomes for New Zealanders as wel as identifying
and managing risk.
For more information about the role of these organisations in the health sector please refer to the
fol owing web links:
The Ministry of Health (the Ministry) is the government’s lead advisor on health priorities
and policies. The Ministry also regulate and monitor the health system.
o www.health.govt.nz/
o www.health.govt.nz/about-us/new-zealands-health-system/overview-and-statutory-
framework
o www.health.govt.nz/system/files/2024-01/briefing-to-the_-incoming-minister-of-
health-part-b-black-box-watermarked.pdf
Health Quality and Safety Commission: www.hqsc.govt.nz/
Pharmac: www.pharmac.govt.nz/
New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority: www.medsafe.govt.nz/
As you wil be aware, there are a number of different types of risks that Health NZ identifies and if
necessary, manages. The high-level risks are presented on page 63 of Health NZ’s annual report
‘Pūrongo-ā-tau – Annual Report 2023 – 2024’.
The Annual report can be found here:
https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/publications/health-new-zealand-te-whatu-ora-annual-
report-purongo-a-tau-2023-2024
As noted above there is a wide ambit of types of risks Health NZ needs to consider and types of
interventions to manage risk.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at [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 www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health NZ may proactively
release a copy of this response on our website. Al requester data, including your name and
contact details, wil be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Daniel e Coe
Manager (OIAs) Government Services
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand
