13 August 2025
M.R.M.
[FYI request #31913 email]
Tēnā koe
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00095262
Thank you for your email on 6 August 2025, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
following under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the OIA):
Please provide me with a copy of the latest version of Health New Zealand's Chronic
Pancreatitis Management Clinical Guidelines document. If this not a blanket/national policy
document then please provide me with a copy of the latest version aforementioned relative
to Waikato Hospital.
Response
Waikato does not have a locally developed guideline on pancreatitis management. This information
does not exist, therefore, section 18(e) of the OIA applies to your request.
Staff have access to the Lippincott Procedures, which directs them to the Chronic Pancreatitis
Management guidelines in UpToDate:
Chronic pancreatitis: Management - UpToDate
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.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Danielle Coe
Manager (OIAs) – Government Services
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand