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Please find attached our response to your official information request
dated 19 August 2025. If you have any questions about the response you can
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From: A. Skeptical <[FOI #32045 email]>;
Received: Tue Aug 19 2025 07:45:25 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)
To: ACC <[ACC request email]>; Government Services
<[ACC request email]>; <[ACC request email]>;
Subject: Official Information request - Suicide rates of claimants

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Dear ACC

Under the Official Information Act 1982, I request the following
information:

1. The total number of ACC claimants who have died by suicide while their
claim was active, or within 12 months of an ACC claim being active, since
1 January 1980 to the present date.

2. Of those cases, how many of the claimants:
a. Had an active dispute, review, or appeal with ACC at the time of their
death.
b. Had one or more declined entitlements (e.g. treatment, weekly
compensation, vocational rehabilitation).
c. Had undergone a psychiatric, psychological, or neuropsychological
assessment arranged by ACC.
d. Had been subject to an investigation or reassessment process initiated
by ACC.

3. Please provide the data in (1) and (2) broken down by year.

4. Please confirm whether ACC tracks, records, or reports on claimant
deaths (including suicides) in relation to ACC processes, disputes, or
declined entitlements. If so, please provide copies of any internal
reports, reviews, briefings, or summaries prepared since 1980, including
any provided to Ministers or the ACC Board.

5. Please provide copies of any policies, procedures, or guidelines
currently in place (or previously in place since 1980) for identifying,
recording, or responding to risks of claimant suicide or serious self-harm
in the context of ACC claims, disputes, or assessments.

I am not seeking any personal information, only anonymised and aggregated
data.

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