Kia ora

Please accept this email as acknowledgement of your request. A response
will be provided on or before 26 January 2018.

 

Kind Regards

Ayla Thomas

Personal Assistant to Lydia Aydon - Executive Director Public and
Organisational Affairs

Personal Assistant to Marc ter Beek - Executive Director Operations and
Performance

Waikato District Health Board

Email: [1][email address]

[mobile number]

 

Give and Earn Respect- Whakamana   Listen to me, talk to me – Whakarongo  
Fair Play- Mauri pai 

Growing the good – Whakapakari  Stronger Together – Kotahitanga  

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Health Sector Workers Network
[[2]mailto:[FOI #6959 email]]

Sent: Thursday, 7 December 2017 11:58

To: OIA Contact

Subject: Official Information request - Waikato DHB Shorter Stays in the
ED and use of ED observation unit

 

Dear Waikato 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 July 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 July 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
July 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 July
2016 to June 2017 exceeding the length of stay given in question 5?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Health Sector Workers Network

 

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Dear Health Sector Workers Network

Please find attached a letter regarding your request for official
information.
Kind Regards

Ayla Thomas

Personal Assistant to Lydia Aydon - Executive Director Public and
Organisational Affairs

Personal Assistant to Marc ter Beek - Executive Director Operations and
Performance

Waikato District Health Board

Email: [1][email address]

[mobile number]

 

Give and Earn Respect- Whakamana   Listen to me, talk to me – Whakarongo  
Fair Play- Mauri pai 

Growing the good – Whakapakari  Stronger Together – Kotahitanga  

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Health Sector Workers Network
[[2]mailto:[FOI #6959 email]]

Sent: Thursday, 7 December 2017 11:58

To: OIA Contact

Subject: Official Information request - Waikato DHB Shorter Stays in the
ED and use of ED observation unit

 

Dear Waikato 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 July 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 July 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
July 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 July
2016 to June 2017 exceeding the length of stay given in question 5?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Health Sector Workers Network

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[3][FOI #6959 email]

 

Is [4][Waikato District Health Board request email] the wrong address for Official
Information requests to Waikato District Health Board? If so, please
contact us using this form:

[5]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[6]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient: 1.do not copy,
disclose or use the contents in any way. 2.please let me know by return
email immediately and then destroy the message. Waikato DHB is not
responsible for any changes made to this message and/or any attachments
after sending by Waikato DHB. Before opening or using attachments, check
them for viruses and effects. Waikato DHB takes no responsibility for
affected attachments. Click on link www.waikatodhb.health.nz/disclaimer to
view the company policy website. If you are not redirected to the company
policy website then copy and paste the URL into a new browser window.
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