11 March 2025
File Ref: 250163
D. Reddington
[FYI request #29819 email]
Dear D. Reddington
Thank you for your Official Information Act request received on 27 February 2025, in response to
OIA 250042 when you requested ‘
all information relating to investigations into security officers in
hospitals since 2020.’ We were unable to locate this information in our records. You have refined
your request as follows:
‘I believe the hospital would have been Dunedin hospital, Queenstown hospital, Southland
Hospital or Oamaru Hospital. Please include all complaints regarding security in these
hospitals.’
Information being released
Please find the information you requested below.
Item
Date
PCBU
Description
Southern District Health Board, Concerns raised about hospital security
1.
19 June 2022
Southland
provider, inadequate emergency training,
invalid certifications, vetting and the number
of staff.
Health New Zealand Ltd, Otago
2.
2 March 2024
Concerns raised about the lack of onsite
security.
Health New Zealand Ltd, Otago
Concerns raised urging management to retain
embedded security due to the ward’s volatile
3.
22 December
2024
environment, unpredictable patient
behaviour, slow external security response
times and poor ward layout.
This reply addresses the information you requested. If you require further assistance, please
contac
t [email address].
Yours sincerely
Mark Johnson
Head of Insights
PO Box 165, Wellington 6140