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Publication of all DHB Policies, Protocols and Best Practice Documents

Amy S Van Wey Lovatt (Account suspended) made this Official Information request to Health Promotion Agency

Health Promotion Agency did not have the information requested.

From: Amy S Van Wey Lovatt (Account suspended)

Dear DHB,

I have repeatedly been assured from DHB's that they are committed to transparency.

Request 1:
Thus, I respectfully request that your DHB make ALL of your DHB policies, protocols and best practice documents publicly available.

While on the face of it, my request may seem like a time consuming task; however, this should not be the case. Currently, DHB policies, protocols and best practice documents are held electronically and are available on your DHB intranet (employee access only), and in many cases, there are already hyper-links between policies, protocols and best practice documents. Thus, in order to change the setting to the policies, protocols and best practice documents from private (intranet and employee access only) to public ought to be accomplished by a click of a button (or, at most, a line or two of code). Upon completion, I respectfully request a response with the website address to the DHB policies.

Request 2:
Is your DHB laboratory and radiology departments, or the agencies your DHB has contract out pathology and radiology services, IANZ accredited?

Request 3:
In the event that your DHB, or the agencies your DHB has contracted out pathology and radiology services, is IANZ accredited, I respectfully request ALL of the documentation submitted to IANZ for accreditation by your DHB (or contracted agencies) be made publicly available upon your DHB website (or as a link to your contracted agencies website). Again, while this may appear to be a daunting task on the face of it, this information ought to be in electronic form and have been collated prior to submission to IANZ. Thus, again, my request ought to be accomplished by a click of a button or at most, a few lines of code to link the website to the appropriate folder on your internal systems.

I make these request in order to save time, energy and financial resources. By making the requested information publicly available, the DHB will not need to spend valuable time and resources in answering repeated requests for policies, protocols and best practice documentation, and will help your DHB become compliant with Ministry of Health Standards (such as HISO 10064 and 10029) and legislative requirements, such as those described in the Health Information Privacy Code 1994, Health Act 1956, and Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996.

Please note I have made this request to every NZ DHB.

Yours faithfully,

Amy S Van Wey Lovatt

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From: Amy S Van Wey Lovatt (Account suspended)

Dear Health Promotion Agency,

I appologize for inadvertently adding your organization to my OIA request to the NZ DHB's. I would like to withdraw this request.

Yours faithfully,

Amy S Van Wey Lovatt

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From: Amy S Van Wey Lovatt (Account suspended)

Dear Health Promotion Agency,

I inadvertently added your organization to my OIA request to NZ DHBs. I appologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. I would like to withdraw my request.

Yours faithfully,

Amy S Van Wey Lovatt

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Health Promotion Agency

Kia ora Amy
Thank you for letting us know, I have deleted your emails.
Ngā mihi
Oriana

Oriana Chin | Librarian
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Health Promotion Agency | Te Hiringa Hauora
Level 16 | 101 The Terrace | Wellington 6011
Level 16 | 101 The Terrace | Te Whanganui-a-Tara 6011
PO Box 2142 | Wellington 6140| New Zealand
Pouaka Poutāpeta 2142 | Te Whanganui-a-Tara 6140 | Aotearoa
DDI: (04) 917 0703 T 04 917 0060
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-----Original Message-----
From: Amy S Van Wey Lovatt [mailto:[FYI request #12948 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 June 2020 6:15 a.m.
To: Enquiries <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Official Information request - Publication of all DHB Policies, Protocols and Best Practice Documents

Dear Health Promotion Agency,

I inadvertently added your organization to my OIA request to NZ DHBs. I appologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. I would like to withdraw my request.

Yours faithfully,

Amy S Van Wey Lovatt

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

Kia ora

Thank you for contacting the Health Promotion Agency / Te Hiringa Hauora

This is an automated response to confirm that we have received your email and we aim to reply within five working days.

If you need to talk to someone for support please text or phone the free numbers below at any time:

· 1737 Need to Talk? Helpline, free call or text 1737.

· Depression Helpline 0800 111 757, text 4202.

· The Lowdown 0800 111 757, text 5626.

· Alcohol Drug Helpline 0800 787 797, text 8681.

· Gambling Helpline 0800 654 655, text 8006.

· Quitline 0800 778 778, text 4006.

Please contact your local council for enquiries about alcohol licensing.

If your email is urgent, please call us on 04 917 0060.

Ngā mihi nui

Health Promotion Agency / Te Hiringa Hauora

The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system.

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