12 March 2019
Marie Daly
NZ Rural Hospital Network Executive Committee
C/O: FYI Website
Dear Marie
Official information request for MidCentral DHB Rural Adjuster Details
I refer to your official information request dated 2 March 2019 for details
regarding MidCentral DHB’s process for allocating, monitoring and reporting
annual DHB rural adjuster funds.
We have transferred part of your request to the Ministry of Health. Part of the
information to which your request relates to the rural adjuster funding
component of the population based funding formula (PBFF). Unfortunately,
under the population based funding formula there is no funding line item
specifically for a rural adjuster. The Ministry of Health is more closely
connected with the calculations of PBFF and will be able to provide context
around how the rural adjuster works. In these circumstances, we are required
by section 14 of the Official Information Act to transfer your request.
You will hear further from the Ministry of Health concerning that part of your
request
Yours sincerely
Craig Johnston
General Manager – Strategy, Planning and Performance
Strategy, Planning & Performance
MidCentral District Health Board, PO Box 2056, Palmerston North. Phone: 06 350 8928 Fax: 06 350 8926