SRS Providers
A. D. Tait made this Official Information request to Nelson Marlborough District Health Board
Nelson Marlborough District Health Board did not have the information requested.
From: A. D. Tait
Dear Nelson Marlborough District Health Board,
In response to the information released by the Ministry of Health
detailing that SRS provider selection will be determined by
District Health Boards and their specialists (see the releases for
https://fyi.org.nz/request/3088-sexual-r...
and https://fyi.org.nz/request/3168-overseas...), I
request any information held by this DHB on prospective
Male-to-Female sexual reassignment surgery providers.
My request is for information including but not limited to
correspondence with prospective providers, assessments of providers
or correspondence with other DHBs or specialists.
Yours faithfully,
A. D. Tait
From: Gaylene Corlett
I am away from the office until Monday 19 October. If your email is
urgent, please call Caroline Sainty on 03 539 3521 or email
[email address]. Thank you.
From: A. D. Tait
Dear Gaylene Corlett,
My apologies, I have been made aware those two links are broken. Correct links are:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/3088-sexual-r...
https://fyi.org.nz/request/3168-overseas...
Yours sincerely,
A. D. Tait
From: Maree Nevill
Nelson Marlborough District Health Board
Dear A.D.Tait
Re: Official Information Act request – SRS providers
The Nelson Marlborough District Health Board (NMDHB) acknowledges receipt
of your request for Information under the Official Information Act 1982,
received on 15^th October 2015.
Please provide clarification as to what you are asking of NMDHB before we
pass on to the appropriate service for response within 20 working days of
your confirmation being received by return email.
Please contact the writer if you have any queries.
Best Regards
Maree
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From: A. D. Tait
Dear Maree Nevill,
In 2014 a member of the NZ based surgeon team who preformed sex reassignment surgery retired. This left New Zealand with no capability locally to perform the surgery. Since then referring specialists in the DHBs have been trying to source a provider of this surgery overseas.
My request is for information (including but not limited to correspondence with prospective providers, assessments of providers or correspondence with other DHBs or specialists) held by either the DHB or referring specialists within the Nelson Marlborough DHB.
Yours sincerely,
A. D. Tait
From: Maree Nevill
Nelson Marlborough District Health Board
Dear AD Tait
Please find attached the Nelson Marlborough DHB response to your OIA
request regarding prospective male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery
providers.
Best Regards
Maree
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From: A. D. Tait
Dear Maree Nevill,
The reply received does not address my request. You have mixed up my request with the supporting request I linked that was made to the Ministry of Health. That request was linked as it has information from the MoH detailing that the decision on an overseas provider will be made by referring specialists in the DHBs.
To be extra clear, my request and the requested clarification is included below:
"My request is for information including but not limited to
correspondence with prospective providers, assessments of providers
or correspondence with other DHBs or specialists."
"In 2014 a member of the NZ based surgeon team who preformed sex
reassignment surgery retired. This left New Zealand with no
capability locally to perform the surgery. Since then referring
specialists in the DHBs have been trying to source a provider of
this surgery overseas.
My request is for information (including but not limited to
correspondence with prospective providers, assessments of providers
or correspondence with other DHBs or specialists) held by either
the DHB or referring specialists within the Nelson Marlborough DHB."
Yours sincerely,
A. D. Tait
From: Maree Nevill
Nelson Marlborough District Health Board
Dear A.D.Tait
Thank you for further clarifying your request for official information.
Since the email sent to you dated 20th October asking for clarification of your request (attached for your information), NMDHB has endeavoured to provide a response with the information at hand.
So as the appropriate service has time to consider this refined request, your request has been logged as a fresh request for official information.
Re: Official Information Act request – correspondence with prospective sexual reassignment surgery providers
The Nelson Marlborough District Health Board acknowledges receipt of your request for Information under the Official Information Act 1982, received on 3 November 2015.
Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate person for response within 20 working days.
Please contact the writer if you have any queries.
Best Regards
Maree
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From: Maree Nevill
Nelson Marlborough District Health Board
Dear AD Tait
Please find attached the Nelson Marlborough DHB response to your Official
Information request regarding sex reassignment surgery.
Best Regards
Maree
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