Dear Canterbury District Health Board,

Please find my Official Information Request

The outsourced expenditure data you provided to MOH shows that Outsourced labour expenditure on Medical Personnel for March 2016 was a credit of $1942 ('000). Please clarify the following points clearly:

1. What is the reasoning behind this credit? Did CDHB outsourced its own staff to an external entity and recieved income? If it did, please specify how much it spent on outsourcing (if it did in that month) and how much it recieved by outsourcing its staff to other providers. In other words please break down the figure of $1942.

2. Or was there an error in reporting this amount to MOH. If there was please provide the updated amount for all of the 2015/16 (break down month by month) financial year for Outsourced Medical personnel.

Expecting a clear and prompt reply,

Antony Andrews