Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

It would be greatly appreciated if you would supply the following Official Information under the Official Information Act 1982 for the periods 1 July 2014 through until 30 June 2015, and 1 July 2015 through until 30 June 2016;

A separate list under (a), (b) and (c ) below of the names of all of the ACC independent specialists contracted by, or on ACC's books, for which ACC could contract services to if so required for the following assessments, who conduct the assessments in the Auckland Region;

a)
Medical Assessment inclusive of initial medical assessment and the reassessment, and

b)
Vocational Assessments/Vocational Medical Assessments, and

c)
Medical Case Reviews

For each of the separate classes of assessment under (a) ,(b) and (c ) above, please confirm for the Auckland Region the names of the 4 most highly remunerated specialists within each subgroup (a), (b) and (c ), together with the annual amount paid to these specialists in bands of $25,000.

For the absence of doubt if an assessor travels the country for assessment purposes on behalf of ACC, and services Auckland as part of the process, please include their name if they rank within the top 4 in any of the lists (a) (b) and (c ), please include their data in the requested information.

Under s16(2) of the Official Information Act, my preferred way of receiving a response is by email to the address from which ACC received the original request, not by post and I thank you for your time and assistance.

Yours faithfully,

David Lawson

Dear Government Services,

I note your response dated 7 December 2016 to my OIA request titled "Names of the medical, vocational, and medical case review independant assessors contract to ACC" lodged on 15 November 2016.

I advise that for a number of my OIA requests made between 7th November 2016 and 15 November 2016, I have requested under urgency selected information required for complaint purposes to be provided under urgency subject to section 12 sub sect (3) within 5 working days.

With respect to this specific OIA request titled "Names of the medical, vocational, and medical case review independant assessors contract to ACC" I confirm that I look forward to receiving the information by the 6 March 2017 as indicated by Government Services.

I thank you for your time and assistance.

Yours sincerely,

David Lawson

Dear Government Services,

Thank you for your communications of 7th and 16th December 2016 responding to my specific Official information request of 9 November 2016 which requested the supply of the following official information as quoted directly from my original OIA request through the FYI Website of 15 November 2016 which can be found at https://fyi.org.nz/request/4947-names-of...

"From: David Lawson

November 15, 2016

Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

It would be greatly appreciated if you would supply the following Official Information under the Official Information Act 1982 for the periods 1 July 2014 through until 30 June 2015, and 1 July 2015 through until 30 June 2016;

A separate list under (a), (b) and (c ) below of the names of all of the ACC independent specialists contracted by, or on ACC's books, for which ACC could contract services to if so required for the following assessments, who conduct the assessments in the Auckland Region;

a)
Medical Assessment inclusive of initial medical assessment and the reassessment, and

b)
Vocational Assessments/Vocational Medical Assessments, and

c)
Medical Case Reviews

For each of the separate classes of assessment under (a) ,(b) and (c ) above, please confirm for the Auckland Region the names of the 4 most highly remunerated specialists within each subgroup (a), (b) and (c ), together with the annual amount paid to these specialists in bands of $25,000.

For the absence of doubt if an assessor travels the country for assessment purposes on behalf of ACC, and services Auckland as part of the process, please include their name if they rank within the top 4 in any of the lists (a) (b) and (c ), please include their data in the requested information.

Under s16(2) of the Official Information Act, my preferred way of receiving a response is by email to the address from which ACC received the original request, not by post and I thank you for your time and assistance.

Yours faithfully,

David Lawson"

I am looking forward to receiving this specific official information by the end of business close today, being the 6 March 2017, in line with the OIA section 15 (1) (a) and (b) extension ACC Government Services advised on 7th December 2016 to allow for ACC Government Services to the supply to me the official information requested in my specific OIA request of 15 November 2016 through the FYI website at https://fyi.org.nz/request/4947-names-of... and requoted above in todays follow up communication.

As per my original OIA request of 15 November 2016, under s16(2) of the Official Information Act, my preferred way of receiving a response is by email to the address from which ACC received the original request, not by post.

I thank you for your time and assistance.

Yours sincerely,

David Lawson