Dear Ms Lynch

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 24 May 2015, requesting:
       1. How much money is spent annually on the purchase of hollow-bore
needles for use in the NZ public healthcare system, and who is the
provider of these supplies?

       2. What are the numbers and types of (hollow-bore) needles
purchased annually for use in public health?

       3. How many public health care workers, who have experienced a
needle stick injury while in the workplace, test positive for Hepatitis B
Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and/or the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) annually?

       4. Does the ministry have any plans and/or policies in place to
reduce instances of needle stick injuries in the public healthcare system?

Your request has been received and logged.  As required under the Official
Information Act 1982, the Ministry will respond to your request within 20
working days.  You should receive a response on or before 22 June 2015.

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the Ministry
needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to extend this
date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act).  We will advise you
if such an extension is necessary.

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H201501815

Yours sincerely
 
Government Relations
Corporate Services
Ministry of Health
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Dear Ms Lynch,

Please find attached a letter transferring your request for official
information to all DHBs

Kind regards,

Fox

Fox Swindells
OIA Co-ordinator
Government Relations
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Corporate Services
Ministry of Health

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Hello Rosemary

 

Your OIA Request – information on hollow-bore needles

 

Thank you for your OIA request received - via transfer from the Ministry
of Health - today, 26 May 2015.

 

We will respond to your request within 20 working days of the date it was
received, however, should we have difficulty in meeting that deadline, we
will be in touch with you as to the reason why.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Matt Rogers I Senior Advisor - External Affairs I Waitemata DHB

Level 2, 15 Shea Terrace, Private Bag 93-503, North Shore 0740
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Dear Rosemary Lynch,

 

Thank you for your request for official information, received by Capital &
Coast District Health Board on 26 May 2015.

 

Your request has been received and logged.  As required under the Official
Information Act 1982, we will respond to your request within 20 working
days. You should receive a response on or before 24 June 2015.

 

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the district
health board needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to
extend this date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act).  We
will advise you if such an extension is necessary.

 

Our reference number for your request is: 2015/075

 

For future OIA requests please send them to [1][email address]

 

Regards, 

Liam

 

 

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Kind regards

 

Kathleen Smitheram

 

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Dear Ms Lynch,

Please find attached a refined transfer letter, please consider this a
replacement to the transfer letter sent yesterday (26 May 2015).

Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Kind regards,

Fox
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Good Afternoon,

 

I can confirm we have received your OIA request.

 

Kind Regards

Jeanette

 

 

 

Jeanette Dawtry

Corporate Administration Assistant

Taranaki District Health Board

Phone 06 753-7777 Ext 8649
E-Mail [1][email address]

 

 

 

 

 

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Afternoon Rosemary

 

Receipt of the transfer of your OIA to DHBs is acknowledged and a reply
will be made as soon as possible.

 

Many thanks

 

Annette Copeland

Acting Executive Assistant

to Phil Cammish, Chief Executive Officer

and Gail Bingham, GM Governance & Quality

 

Bay of Plenty District Health Board

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Ph: (07) 579 8363

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Kia ora

Please find attached letter advising that the West Coast DHB will be
acting on your request as specified in the enclosed letter.

 

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Hi Rosemary

 

Lakes DHB’s  response to your OIA is attached.

 

Cheers

 

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Good afternoon Rosemary
 
On behalf of Anna Kirk, Media and Communications at the HBDHB, please find
attached an acknowledgement letter to your Official Information Act
request received at this office on 27 May 2015.
 
Kind regards
 
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Hello, I have a response to an OIA request from Rosemary Lynch – can you
please inform postal address or do I send to this address ?

Kind regardsd

 

Joanne Fraser

PA Secretary to

Jeff Small, 

GROUP MANAGER

COMMERCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES

MidCentral District Health Board

P O Box 2056, PALMERSTON NORTH

Telephone No:  06 3508800

Fax :                   06 3508080

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Good afternoon Ms Lynch

 

Please find attached ACC’s response to your recent request.

 

 

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Good morning Rosemary, please find attached our response to your OIA re:

FUNDING ALLOCATION FOR HOLLOW-BORE NEEDLES IN PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM

Kind regards

Joanne Fraser

PA Secretary to

Jeff Small, 

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Dear Ms Lynch

 

On 27 May the four DHBs in the Northern Region (Auckland, Waitemata,
Northland and Counties Manukau) were requested by the Ministry of Health
to respond to the following two questions, which are:

 

1.       “How much money is spent annually on the purchase of hollow-bore
needles for use in the NZ public healthcare system, and who is the
provider of these supplies?

2.       What are the numbers and types of (hollow-bore) needles purchased
annually for use in public health?”

 

As the shared services provider for the Northern Region we have been asked
by the DHBs to coordinate a response for the Northern Region DHBs.

 

‘Hollow-bore needles’ is a very broad term that would include a wide range
of products, including but not limited to hypodermic needles, lumber
puncture needles, spinal needles, IV cannulas, winged infusion sets, blood
collection sets, blood collection needles, indwelling port access needles,
biopsy needles and any other kits/packs containing needles. 

 

Because of the wide range of products that fall under the description
‘hollow-bore needles’, we would need to conduct a high number of searches
in various systems, using codes that we believe are most likely to
generate the requested information.  This will require a significant
amount of time to compile (and is likely to require an extension in time),
but more importantly, we are concerned that the results of such searches
will not necessarily generate the results that you are looking for.  We
would also need to charge you for the cost of these searches. 

 

In order to enable us to provide the most accurate, comprehensive and
helpful information to you, and to enable us to tell you the cost of the
searches we will have to undertake, we ask for the following
clarification. 

 

o What particular types of hollow-bore needles are you interested in (as
this may substantially cut down the time it would take to provide this
information and may lead to more accurate results); and
o Why are you looking for such information (as this will assist our
Clinical Product Co-ordination team and other analysts in doing the
relevant searches).

 

Once we have answers to the above questions we will be able to commence
collection and advise an estimated cost and timeframe for when we will be
able to provide this information.

 

Adina

 

 

Adina Halpern / General Counsel to healthAlliance

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Dear Ms Lynch

 

Please find attached response to your Official Information request.

 

Regards

Tash

 

 

Tasha Bambry | CEO Office Administrator| Southern DHB

Private Bag 1921, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand |DDI 03 4769456 ext 55456

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Dear Rosemary

Please see the attached response from Waitemata District Health Board to
your recent Official Information Act request.

 

Regards

Matt

 

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Morning

 

Please find OIA response attached

 

Kind regards,

 

 

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Good Afternoon,

Please find attached OIA response.

Regards
Jeanette

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Dear Ms Lynch

 

Please find attached NMDHB’s response to your OIA request reference
funding for hollow-bore needles in the public health system.

 

Thanks, Jo

 

Jo Hughes

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Dear Ms Lynch

 

Attached please find ADHBs response to your OIA request dated 26 May 2015.

 

Regards

 

Elaine Keenan

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Bruce Northey, Anne MacGill, Claire Campbell

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( (09) 630-9943  ext 22346 | * [email address]

Auckland District Health Board | Level 1 |  Building 37 | Auckland City
Hospital | Park Road | Auckland

 

 

Good afternoon

Please find attached Wairarapa DHBs response to your request

Thank you and have a great evening

Sandra

 

 

Sandra Loveday

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Thank you and have a great evening

Sandra

 

 

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Dear Ms Lynch

 

Northland DHB’s response to your recent Official Information act request
is attached

 

 

Yours sincerely

Kathryn Leydon

 

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Northland DHB

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Good afternoon

 

Please find attached, Waikato District Health Board’s response to your OIA
request regarding hollow-bore needles.

 

Kind regards

 

Lyn Sadler | Office Manager | Human Resources | Waikato District Health
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On behalf of Phil Cammish, CEO

 

Rosemary,

 

In response to your OIA request dated 24 May which was transferred to us
from the Ministry of Health, our response is as follows:

 

1.       How much money is spent annually on the purchase of hollow-bore
needles for use in the NZ public healthcare system, and who is the
provider of these supplies.

 

·         Amount spent annually $262,679

·         Supplier is Becton Dickinson

 

2.       What are the numbers and types of (hollow-bore) needles purchased
annually for use in public health?

 

159 Conventional Needles 80,100
954 Blunt Fill NDL/Combo 286,000
222 Wingsets 24,800
224 Needles 17,796

 

 

Many thanks

 

Annette Copeland

Acting Executive Assistant

to Phil Cammish, Chief Executive Officer

and Gail Bingham, GM Governance & Quality

 

Bay of Plenty District Health Board

Private Bag 12024

Tauranga 3143

 

Ph: (07) 579 8363

Fax: (07) 571 5434

 

 

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Afternoon Rosemary

 

Receipt of the transfer of your OIA to DHBs is acknowledged and a reply
will be made as soon as possible.

 

Many thanks

 

Annette Copeland

Acting Executive Assistant

to Phil Cammish, Chief Executive Officer

and Gail Bingham, GM Governance & Quality

 

Bay of Plenty District Health Board

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Tauranga 3143

 

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Dear Ms Lynch

 

Please find attached our response in regard to your above OIA request.

 

Kind regards

 

Lyn

 

Lyn Butler

Board Secretary I EA to Geraint Martin, Chief Executive             

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Dear Ms Lynch
 
Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request
dated 24 May 2015.
 
Regards
 
Kathy Shanaghan | Executive Assistant to CEO
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board
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Tena koe Rosemary

 

Please find attached Tairawhiti District Health’s response to your
Official Information Act Request about Hollowbore needles.

 

Nga mihi

 

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