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Our latest key plans and reports are listed at the top of this page, other recent documents are listed by date under these documents. 

Use the search menu (left) to apply a filter to list other documents published by Canterbury DHB, including our annual reports, annual plans and official information responses. Each document has a document type, a summary, and topics and tags associated with it. You can apply the search filters including date range, document type and topic, and also use the links and tags on document pages to find groups of related documents.

Statement of Service Performance 2020/21

Under the Crown Entities Act 2004, Article 149C, Canterbury DHB is required to submit a Statement of Performance Expectations before the start of the new financial year which is 1 July 2020. Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, legislation was passed on 30 April 2020 which allows a Minister to extend this deadline by up to 3 months. Canterbury DHB has received notice that the Minister of Health has agreed to extend the requirement to finalise the 2020/21 Statement of Performance Expectations to 15 August 2020.

392 documents for "Official Information Act Response".

Publication of policies, protocols and best practice documents

Publication of DHB Intranet policies, protocols, best practice documents to be published online. IANZ accreditation for Labs.

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Bias in the health system

Bias in the health system, relating to emergency department and mental health services.

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Cost of paging system

Please provide the total cost of running the paging systems used in hospitals i.e. cost of equipment, maintenance, paging volume charges and support costs.

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MRI/CT Scans Waitlist (February 2015)

As at February 2015 could you please supply the waiting list time if someone wanted to have a MRI/CT scan. (That is, if someone was referred for a scan how long was the wait time before they were seen?)

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Information about the abortion/termination process

Full disclosure on exactly on what is done once a woman has been through any type of abortion-type process (where a woman selects to terminate her pregnancy, regardless of the medical procedure undertaken or the timeframe within the ‘normal’ term of pregnancy. i.e. between 2 weeks and 40 weeks of ‘termination.

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PPE at Burwood Hospital, March to May 2020

Correspondence regarding concerns or complaints about Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) / Reports regarding nurses or medical staff at Burwood Hospital speaking to journalists or media, covering the period from 15 March to 20 May 2020.

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Christchurch Hospital Master Plan Tower 3 Compliance Costs

Minutes from the Board meeting on May 1 2020 (that were publicly excluded) in regards to the Christchurch Hospital Campus Master Plan – Tower 3 and Compliance Costs?

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Termination services provided by Canterbury DHB

A copy of any guidelines of your DHB which relate to referral for women for consideration of first, second or third trimester abortions, including any guidelines operative before or after the enactment of the Abortion Legislation Act 2020. 2. If your DHB has no such guidelines please advise.

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Information regarding the number of ECT devices (Electroconvulsive Therapy) in Canterbury hospitals

The number of ECT (Electroconvulsive treatment) devices in hospitals.

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Correspondence about Rosewood rest home, 3 April to 10 April 2020

All correspondence received and sent by Dan Coward and received and sent by Sue Nightingale about Rosewood rest home, between April 3 and April 10, inclusive.

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Pedestrians injured by e-scooters

The number of patients presenting at the Emergency Department (ED) or admitted to hospital who are injured by e-scooters.

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Number of births during the COVID-19 lockdown

The number of births at Canterbury District Health Board facilities and home births during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown from March 25 to April 27. Can this information be broken down by location: at Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch Women's Hospital, Ashburton Hospital, Darfield Hospital, Kaikōura Health, Lincoln Maternity Hospital, Rangiora Health Hub, other CDHB facilities, or a home birth, and by date and sex. Can figures also be provided for the same period in 2019.

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Complaints about 1st Health Limited

Have you received any complaints about 1st Health Limited or their staff

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COVID-19 deaths Do Not Resuscitate orders

What percentage of NZ COVID-19 deaths had Do Not Resuscitate orders?

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Use of requisitioning powers

Use of requisitioning powers - provide me with detail on your organisation’s use of requisitioning powers authorised under the state of emergency or under the epidemic notice.

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Information about PPE and other equipment related to COVID-19

The following information as applicable on the items listed below: the locations (e.g. hospital name), quantities, brand names, number of uses (i.e. are they disposable or reusable?), purchase dates and expiry dates: 1. Gowns 2. Masks 3. Goggles 4. Gloves 5. Disinfectant (e.g. bleach)* 6. Hand sanitiser*7. Oxygen tanks* 8. CT scanners* 9. Medical ventilators*

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Avastin

Is the drug Avastin used to treat cancers, administered to any patients in the DHB's public Hospitals? If so what is the drug used to treat and how many patients are treated with it?

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Sterilisation of equipment

A detailed breakdown of any and all incidents relating to equipment not being properly sterilised by the District Health Board from March 2019.
Please clarify if the lack of sterilisation was picked up before or after patient exposure.

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Provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) in rest homes

About the provision of PPE equipment to rest homes between March 3 and April 3, inclusive.

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Information about Rosewood rest home regarding the situation when staff and patients contracted Covid-19

Copies of any reports, documents, memoranda, or correspondence regarding the number of issues regarding safe practice at Rosewood Rest home and that took place after staff and patients contracted Covid-19.

Copies of any reports, documents, memoranda, or correspondence regarding the decision to appoint an acting manager to Rosewood Rest home.

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Referral pathways for DHBs

A copy of each referral pathway for each DHB region in New Zealand.

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Lithium toxicity

Does the DHB hold statistics of patients presenting/admitted to hospital with Lithium Toxicity?

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Number of COVID-19 tests carried out

Information from Canterbury Health Laboratories and Community and Public Health about COVID-19 lab tests.

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Ruby Princess

All documentation the DHB holds in regard to the Ruby Princess’ visit to Akaroa on 13 March 2020.

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Policy relating to second opinions about pathology specimens

  • DHB policy on second opinions requested by a third party who is a medical practitioner currently involved in the medical care of the patient from whom the pathological material was original obtained.
  • in the event your DHB deviates from the RCPA policy, please explain why?

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Storage of human tissue

Best Practice: Archiving, Storage, Biobanking of Human Tissue for Diagnostic Purposes.

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Termination services provided by Canterbury DHB

Abortion services concerning the second and third trimesters only. Access and Providers. This is post the Abortion Legislation Act which came into force on 24/3/2020.

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Internal legal costs incurred by Canterbury DHB

Internal legal costs incurred by Canterbury DHB and West Coast DHB.

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Preparations for the COVID-19 pandemic

Information relating to COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic preparations.

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COVID-19 Inventories Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) stockpiles and projected demand.

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Digital Maturity Assessments

Breakdown of Digital Maturity Assessments (DMAs) conducted by health organisation type DHB/PHO etc. Assessment results?

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Hillmorton Hospital facilities

RE Govt $79m being spent at Hillmorton Hospital/Campus: Correspondence CDHB/MoH/Minister of Health last two years re this. Breakdown of how the money is being spent. How much going into extra staff and nurses at Hillmorton Hospital.

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COVID-19 Information

Questions about COVID-19 and CDHB services

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Cost of Measles

Measles: cost to the DHB from the measles epidemic, number of measles related presentations, number of admissions, number ICU admissions and average bed days in ICU, total of bed days due to measles related illness.

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Information about NASC and HCSS (Older Persons Health)

Partial transfer from MoH: Q1 The NASC manual for older persons health. Q4. The number of over 65's receiving long term HCSS in each region.

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Information about Ventilators

The number of ventilators held by your organisation on March 31, 2020. Average usage rate for such equipment over the 2019 calendar year. Expected or modelled monthly surge demand for such equipment caused by the Covid-19 outbreak.

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Hysterectomy waitlist

Public waitlist for a hysterectomy from first referral from Gynaecological specialist to first hosp appointment in last 12 months.

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Costs Christmas parties bonuses CEO travel

1. Cost breakdown of Christmas parties in 2019.
2. End of year bonuses  in 2019.
3. Cost breakdown of all international travel taken by the CEO  in 2019.

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White Island incident: Impact on health services

Elective surgery impact post white island incident between 9 Dec and 1 Feb 2020

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Costs of the White Island incident

White Island incident: Direct costs broken down by total figure; breakdown of where the costs were lost from i.e. cancelling elective surgeries, having to reschedule outpatient appointments, equipment needed, additional staffing hours.

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