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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 Northland District Health Board

Northland District Health Board 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: Communications (NDHB)
Northland District Health Board

Kia ora koutou,

 

Please note all COVID-19 media enquiries must be sent to
[email address] effective from 23 March, 2020.

 

Media enquiries will be reviewed at 9am each day and if a response is
possible on that day we will be on touch with you by 3pm that day.

 

 

 

 

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From: Amy S Van Wey Lovatt (Account suspended)

Dear Communications (NDHB),

This is a gentle reminder that I am still waiting for the requested documents.

Yours sincerely,

Amy S Van Wey Lovatt

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From: Communications (NDHB)
Northland District Health Board

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Publication of all DHB Policies, Protocols and Best Practice Documents

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.

Northland DHB does not currently publish policies on our website. Policies containing medical information can be difficult to interpret, therefore often require someone to provide an explanation or interpretation on the information contained within the policy. It is a reasonable request to publish key policy on the website and Northland DHB will work towards this in the future.

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

Yes, this is required in order to practice

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.

This information is currently held at a departmental level, the transition of this information to a website is therefore a large piece of work.

Ngā mihi
Liz

Liz Inch
Communications Manager
Northland District Health Board
Level 1, Tohorā House
Private Bag 9742, Whangarei 0148
[email address]
Landline: 09 4304101 ext 60518
[mobile number]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Amy S Van Wey Lovatt [mailto:[FOI #12974 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 01 July 2020 2:16 a.m.
To: Communications (NDHB)
Subject: Re: Automatic reply: Freedom of Information request - Publication of all DHB Policies, Protocols and Best Practice Documents

Dear Communications (NDHB),

This is a gentle reminder that I am still waiting for the requested documents.

Yours sincerely,

Amy S Van Wey Lovatt

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

Kia ora koutou,

 

Please note all COVID-19 media enquiries must be sent to [email address] effective from 23 March, 2020.

 

Media enquiries will be reviewed at 9am each day and if a response is possible on that day we will be on touch with you by 3pm that day.

 

 

 

 

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