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Counties Manukau DHB Shorter Stays in ED and use of ED Observation Unit

Health Sector Workers Network made this Official Information request to Counties Manukau District Health Board

The request was successful.

From: Health Sector Workers Network

Dear Counties Manukau District Health Board,

Kia ora

Health Sector Workers Network is asking your DHB to provide information to the following questions:

1. What are the percentages of patients presenting to the Emergency Departments that were admitted, discharged or transferred within six hours of presentation for each month of the year June 2016 to June 2017?

2. Please provide any DHB policy concerning guidelines and use of the ED observation unit? By “ED observation unit”, we are referring to the usage defined by the Ministry Of Health in the paper Streaming and the use of Emergency Department Observation Units and Inpatient Assessment Units.

3. What percentage of total ED presentations for each month of the year June 2016 to June 2017 utilised the ED Observation unit?

4. What percentage of patients utilising the ED observation unit were discharged home from this location for each month of the year June 2016 to June 2017?

5. What is your DHB’s expected length of stay for the patients utilising the ED observation unit?

6. What percentage of patients for each month of the year June 2016 to June 2017 exceeding the length of stay given in question 5?

Yours faithfully,

Health Sector Workers Network

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From: Lyn Butler (CMDHB)
Counties Manukau District Health Board

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Lyn

 

 

Lyn Butler

Board Secretary I EA to Dr Gloria Johnson, Acting Chief
Executive             
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T: +64 9 277 3401 I F: +64 9 262 9512 I M: 021 804 334

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Counties Manukau Health I CMDHB Board Office

19 Lambie Drive, Manukau, Auckland

Private Bag 94052, Manukau, Auckland 2241

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From: Angela Harper (CMDHB)
Counties Manukau District Health Board

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Dear Health Sector Workers Network,

 

Please find attached our response to your OIA request below.

 

Kind regards.

 

Angela

 

 

Angela Harper

(Temporary) EA to Dr Gloria Johnson, Acting Chief Executive
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T: +64 9 277 3401 ext 3401

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Middlemore Hospital I 100 Hospital Road, Otahuhu I Private Bag 93311
Otahuhu, Auckland 1640

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