Thank you for your request for official information, received by Capital & Coast District Health Board on 19 February 2018.

Your request has been received and logged. As required under the Official Information Act 1982, we will respond to your request within 20 working days. You should receive a response on or before 19 March 2018.

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the district health board needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to extend this date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act). We will advise you if such an extension is necessary.

Capital & Coast District Health Board provides the first five hours of staff time to prepare a response free-of-charge. If your OIA is expected to take longer, we will inform you of the charges, and give you the opportunity to change or refine the request to reduce or remove the need to charge.

Our reference number for your request is: 2018/028

Jannel Fisher
Communications Manager | Communications Unit  | Capital & Coast District Health Board
M: 027 589 8884 | T: 04 806 2276 | [email address] | www.ccdhb.org.nz

For media queries outside normal business hours please call our after hours media line: 04 806 2790

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Hi Jem,

The staff looking after your OIA request have asked for clarification around the information you are requesting.

Could you please provide more detailed questions - for example what screening services are you referring to?

Your request has been placed on hold while we await your clarification.

Regards,
Jannel

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Hi Jem,

Thanks for your prompt reply, however this doesn't clarify the request.

We need you to provide a list of the services you are referring to as your request is currently too broad.

Regards,
Jannel

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Thank you for the clarification Jem.

I will pass this onto the staff who are looking after your OIA request.

Regards,
Jannel

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Hi Jem,

The clarification you provided for your request was -

“Are there any screening services for breast health that are relevant to whakawahine / transwomen that transgender people do not have full access to?”

There was no mention of breast prosthetics in your clarification.

If you have subsequent questions, you are welcome to put in another request. Please make sure your questions are specific.

Regards
Jannel

Sent from my iPhone

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Hi Jem,
I’m sorry that’s how you feel. We have tried to understand what
information you were requesting by seeking clarification from you. 
There is useful information on the SSC website about how to make requests
which may help with future ones
- [1]http://www.ssc.govt.nz/official-informat...
Regards,

Jannel Fisher 
Communications Manager
Capital & Coast District Health Board
027 589 8884
Sent from my iPhone

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Dear Jem

 

Thank you for your request for official information, received by Capital &
Coast District Health Board on 9 March 2018.

 

Your request has been received and logged. As required under the Official
Information Act 1982, we will respond to your request within 20 working
days. You should receive a response on or before 10 April 2018.

 

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the district
health board needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to
extend this date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act). We will
advise you if such an extension is necessary.

 

Capital & Coast District Health Board provides the first five hours of
staff time to prepare a response free-of-charge. If your OIA is expected
to take longer, we will inform you of the charges, and give you the
opportunity to change or refine the request to reduce or remove the need
to charge.

 

Our reference number for your request is: 2018/043.

 

Stacy Mohan

Senior Communications Advisor, Digital Channels | Communications Unit |
Capital & Coast District Health Board  | Ûpoko ki te uru hauora

T: 04 806 2440 | Ext: 82440 | [1][email address] |
[2]www.ccdhb.org.nz |[3]www.facebook.com/CCDHB  

 

My normal working hours are Monday 9:30am to 4pm, Tuesday 8:30am to 2:30pm
and Thursday 8:30am to 5pm.

 

 

 

From: Jannel Fisher [CCDHB]
Sent: Friday, 9 March 2018 12:53 p.m.
To: OIA [CCDHB] <[email address]>
Subject: Fwd: Official Information request - Breast screening and
prostheses

 

Please log as a new OIA request

 

The request is do transgender women have access to breast prosthetic
services provided by your DHB

Jannel Fisher 

Communications Manager

Capital & Coast District Health Board

027 589 8884

 

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Begin forwarded message:

From: Jem Traylen <[4][FOI #7293 email]>
Date: 9 March 2018 at 12:44:33 PM NZDT
To: "Jannel Fisher [CCDHB]" <[5][email address]>
Subject: Re: Official Information request - Breast screening and
prostheses

Dear Jannel Fisher [CCDHB],

I have quite clearly clarified with you that part of my request is that
I am seeking information about breast prosthetic services provided by
your DHB and whether transwomen have access to them.

This forms part of my original request and is not a new request.

I have also made it abundantly clear that I am not impressed by your
high handed attitude and will not hesitate to formally complain to the
Ombudsman if necessary.

Yours faithfully,

Jem Traylen

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Hello Jem

 

Please find attached a letter from Delwyn Hunter in response to your
request received on 9 March 2018.

 

This response has been provided under the Official Information Act 1982. 
You have the right to request an investigation and review in accordance
with s 28(3) Official Information Act by complaint being made to an
Ombudsman in writing or orally.

 

 

Kind regards

Kathy Macfarlane

Personal Assistant to Delwyn Hunter & Grant Kiddle | Surgery, Women &
Children's Directorate  | Capital & Coast District Health Board

Ext 6246 | Level 12, CSB | [1][email address] |
[2]www.ccdhb.org.nz

 

 

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Hi Jem,

 

I am contacting you on behalf of Capital and Coast DHB, who you have been
communicating with regarding a request via the Official Information Act. I
wanted to check that you have all the information you requested now
following our letter dated April 6, as there has been some
misunderstanding between us about the information you were seeking. CCDHB
apologises for this.

 

I want to assure you that, in future, we will strive to ensure that both
parties - yourself and CCDHB - are in agreement as to the scope of the
request and any clarifications required, early on in the process.

 

Shortly you will also receive a second response from us to your OIA
follow-up request. This letter is to correct a typo in your letter dated
April 6, which read ‘can’, rather than ‘cancer’. Apologies for this error.

 

If you would like to discuss this further, or need further clarification,
you can contact me on the numbers below.

 

Kind regards,

Anna Chalmers

Acting Communications Manager | Communications Unit | Capital & Coast
District Health Board | Ūpoko ki te uru hauora

M: 027 214 9241| T: 04 806 2276 | Ext: 82276 | [1]www.ccdhb.org.nz |
[2]www.facebook.com/CCDHB     

 

For media queries outside normal business hours please call our after
hours media line on 04 806 2790

 

 

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Hello Jem

Attached is an amended letter in response to your query received on 9
March.

 

Please accept my apologies for the typo error in the copy sent to you
previously.

 

 

Kind regards

Kathy Macfarlane

Personal Assistant | Surgery, Women & Children's Directorate  | Capital &
Coast District Health Board

T: 04 918 6246 | [1][email address] | [2]www.ccdhb.org.nz

 

 

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