Nekson - transportable in-patient units
Andrew Riddell made this Official Information request to Health New Zealand
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From: Andrew Riddell
Dear Te Whatu Ora,
In the recent announcement about Nelson Hospital upgrades, reference in made to 'modular transportable 28 to 32 bed inpatient units'.
These modular transportable units appear to be a recent development on the part of Te Whatu Ora. I am interested in knowing more about them.
Please provide
- plans and cross sections for a modular transportable unit, with exterior dimensions and construction materials shown,
- if more than one of these modular units will be used at Nelson, a plan showing how the units will be spatially arranged on the site,
- all reports and briefings in the last year to senior Te Whatu Ora managers and/or to Mr Levy and/or to the Minister of Health on the design, development and capability of the modular units.
While I expect that cost estimates will be redacted from this information on commercial sensitivity grounds, I see no reason why it would be in the public interest to redact dimensions and other such information about the size and planned capability of these modular units.
Ngā mihi
Andrew Riddell
From: hnzOIA
Tēnā koe Andrew
Thank you for your email of 28 May 2025, asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
In the recent announcement about Nelson Hospital upgrades, reference in
made to 'modular transportable 28 to 32 bed inpatient units'.
These modular transportable units appear to be a recent development on the
part of Te Whatu Ora. I am interested in knowing more about them.
Please provide
- plans and cross sections for a modular transportable unit, with exterior
dimensions and construction materials shown,
- if more than one of these modular units will be used at Nelson, a plan
showing how the units will be spatially arranged on the site,
- all reports and briefings in the last year to senior Te Whatu Ora
managers and/or to Mr Levy and/or to the Minister of Health on the design,
development and capability of the modular units.
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Kia ora Andrew
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Stacey Wilson (she/her)
Advisor | Kaitohutohu
Government Services
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
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Andrew Riddell left an annotation ()
Te Whatu Ora refused to provide any of the requested documents because it is all commercially sensitive (their claim) as they are let a contract to build these transportable in-patient units. In mid-June Te Whatu Ora put out an infographic about these units. That evidently is now commercially sensitive. So off to the Ombudsman on this.
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