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Kia ora Misha,

 

On behalf of the Minister of Corrections, Hon Kelvin Davis, thank you for
your email of 21 March 2019, requesting information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA). Specifically, you have requested the following
information regarding the Whanganui Prison OPCAT report and accepted
recommendations by Corrections:

 

Criteria 4 - Health and Wellbeing: 4a - Department of Corrections agrees
that is beneficial to carry out an annual health needs analysis to inform
the health development plan. A final copy of this template was provided by
the department of corrections in May 2018, due to be implemented onsite
from July 2018.

 

·         Please may I have a copy of this template. A second request is
for this template with the recorded up to date data from July 2018 until
todays date.

 

4b - Governance arrangements ensures that patient engagement, effective
complaint management and clinical supervision inform service improvement.
Department of Corrections states "The onsite enhancements to ensure
patient engagement, effective complaints management and clinical
supervision to inform service improvement will be completed by the end of
July 2018”.

 

·         Please inform me what these onsite enhancements are at Whanganui
Prison and please provide me with any corresponding or correlating data,
templates, and new procedures were put in place by the end of July 2018 or
are now in place following on from this statement.

 

·         What is the current process for prisoner complaints at Wanganui
Prison relating to health complaints”?

 

This request is considered more closely connected to the Department of
Corrections. Consequently, I am transferring this request to Corrections
for consideration and direct response in accordance with section 14 of the
OIA. You should expect a response from Corrections in due course.

 

Thank you again for taking the time to write to the Minister.

 

Ngâ mihi,

Matt

 

Matt Huddleston | Private Secretary (Corrections)

Office of Hon Kelvin Davis| Minister of Corrections

 

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Please find attached correspondence regarding your OIA from the Department
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Kind regards

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

a: National Office, Mayfair House, 44 - 52 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011

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Good afternoon

 

Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections.

 

Kind regards

 

Ministerial Services

Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa

a: National Office, Mayfair House, 44 - 52 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011

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