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

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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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Counties Manukau Health I CMDHB Board Office

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From: Health Sector Workers Network
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To: Communications (CMDHB)
Subject: Official Information request - Counties Manukau DHB Shorter Stays
in ED and use of ED Observation Unit

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: Angela Harper (CMDHB)
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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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Middlemore Hospital I 100 Hospital Road, Otahuhu I Private Bag 93311
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From: Health Sector Workers Network
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Sent: Wednesday, 11 October 2017 2:59 PM

To: Communications (CMDHB)

Subject: Official Information request - Counties Manukau DHB Shorter Stays
in ED and use of ED Observation Unit

 

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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