ICU bed occupancy (% of ICU beds occupied or number of occupied bed days and total number of available beds) for the period 1 Jan 2018 until the most recent available date. Could this please be provided in the smallest time periods possible (days, if available, otherwise weeks, otherwise months).

Tags Bed occupancyChristchurch HospitalICU

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PPE stock and readiness for another COVID outbreak.

Tags CapacityCOVID-19Personal Protective EquipmentPPEPublic health

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RMO FTE on ED runs 2016 and 2021, ED patient volumes last five years, ED presentations January and June 2021 by time band and day.

Tags CapacityEmergency DepartmentPatient flowPresentationsResident Medical OfficerRMO

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Provide the following information identified by Department/Specialty and by Hospital – that is, Christchurch, Hillmorton, Burwood, Princess Margaret, Ashburton Hospitals.

• Availability Allowance.
• Average after-hours call hours.
• Call ratio.
• Shift patterns (where they exist).
• Recovery Time Agreements.
• % of Non-Clinical time

Tags After-HoursAvailability allowanceOn-callSMOsStaffing

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# Since 2020, copies of any reports received or held by the DHB that were completed in relation to OPCAT (the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) inspections of secure aged care facilities, and copies of any response to these reports.

Tags Aged careOPCATResidential careRest homeUN

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With yet more reports appearing in The Press about the crisis that the CDHB is facing in the delivery of public healthcare, apart from surgical procedures being outsourced at considerable cost to the CDHB each year, given that Christchurch has New Zealand's first genuine charity hospital founded by Dr Bagshaw (St George's Hospital is a fee-charging society with charitable purposes while the Charity Hospital does not charge for its services),

1. what involvement has the CDHB had with the Charity Hospital regarding the use of its facilities and volunteer surgeons? To answer that rhetorical question,
2. would you please provide me with copies of all communications between the CDHB and the Charity Hospital from 2008 to 2021 regarding how the Charity Hospital might have assisted the CDHB in coping with its inability to provide surgical services.

Tags Charity HospitalShort-staffingSpecialistsSurgeonsSurgerySurgical services

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• How many people were referred to the DHB for gender reassignment hormone therapy in each calendar year since 2006 until the present time?
• What was the breakdown of ages in each of those years (youngest/oldest/median age)?
• How many were transitioning male to female and how many female to male in each of those years?
• How many children were referred for puberty blocking drugs in each calendar year since 2006?
• How many people had psychological treatment for gender dysphoria in each calendar year since 2006?
• How many people had double mastectomies (top surgery) as treatment for gender dysphoria in each calendar year since 2006?
• What was the breakdown of ages in each of those years?

Tags Gender reassignmentHormone therapyMastectomy

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• The number of Pharmacy employees at your DHB that are currently seconded to the COVID Vaccination Programme and what their profession is (e.g. Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacy Assistant etc.).
• What they were paid prior to their secondment and what they are currently paid under the COVID Vaccination Programme.

Tags COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinePharmacyStaffingVaccinations

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Last five years, number of young women under 25 / hysterectomy. How many accepted and how many declined. Criteria for women under 25 to be eligible for hysterectomy.

Tags GynaecologyHysterectomySurgeryWait list

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All original communications including briefings, reports, memos, aides memoirs, cabinet papers and texts regarding the following information:

• Around the eight DHBs who reported HIMSS maturity levels.

Tags HIMSSInformation SystemsITTechnology

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How much PPE CDHB hospitals received and disposed of during the pandemic.

Tags CapacityCOVID-19Personal Protective EquipmentPPEPublic health

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Follow up to response to CDHB 10640 - removal of goods being sold in CDHB Hospitals which contain sugar.

Tags FoodHealthy foodSugar

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The number of scheduled COVID-19 vaccination appointments that were missed data to date since 1 July 2021 (i.e. since we moved to NIBS National booking system) as per our response to previous requests CDHB 10628

Tags COVID-19COVID-19 VaccineDNAVaccinations

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Neurologists/Nurses/Nurse specialists staffing numbers. Waiting times 2020/2021 Financial year FSAs, Outpatients, follow up, Outpatient MRI, Outpatient infusion clinic appointment.

Tags CapacityMultiple SclerosisNeurologyStaffingWait times

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1. I am wanting to clarify the current practice of abortion services when children are born alive following an induced labour abortion.
2. I have been told that the Canterbury DHB has been quoted as saying: “In the extremely rare occurrence that a baby were to be born alive following a late term abortion, the baby would be wrapped and then held until it passed.”
3. I want to clarify whether this is an accurate representation of current practice or whether it is not accurate (or any further details that are not considered in the quoted statement). I would like clarity on the exact requirements of medical staff in the event that a child was born alive following a late term abortion.
4. Details of the number of cases of alive births post abortion / termination, and whether the abortion / termination was because of birth defects or because of another reason.

Tags AbortionTermination

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1. A copy of the final Ernst & Young (EY) report(s) tabled or presented to the Board and/or the Quality Finance and Risk Committee between June-September 2020.
2. A copy of the Executive Management response to the EY report(s) tabled or presented to the Board and/or Quality Finance and Risk Committee between June - September 2020.
3. A full breakdown of the total costs associated with the EY review including 2019, 2020 and 2021 calendar years.
4. A summary of what savings associated with the EY report have been delivered or verified, with supporting evidence.
5. The costs associated with the appointment of ALMA Consulting in delivering or finding savings within CDHB.
6. Copy of the Board minutes where Audit NZ discussed or presented their audit opinion of CDHB for 2020.
7. The feedback from Board members including the Crown Monitor on the Audit NZ findings for 2020.
8. Advice provided by Lester Levy to CDHB, including Dr John Wood and Mark Solomon, in his capacity as Crown Monitor, including evidence to support the advice in documents, emails (by official email and via personal email) and texts.
9. Advice received or provided from Crown Monitor Lester Levy to CDHB Board or its Executive Management Team about what savings he believed could be delivered. 
10. The Crown Monitor has consistently and publicly stated that there are new models of care needed. Did Dr Levy provide detail to CDHB of what these models are and what differences they might make? If so, pls release this detail.
11. Advice received from Crown Monitor Dr Levy by CDHB Board and Executive Management Team, or by them from MOH re Dr levy’s advice, about what savings he believed could be delivered.

Tags EYFinancialPerformanceReview

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Seismic/Building report done on Princess Margaret Hospital / Main Building

Tags Building evaluationEarthquakeSeismic assessmentThe Princess Margaret Hospital

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1. Can you provide all correspondence with and reporting to the Ministry of Health in relation to the determination of targets for the vaccination roll-out.

Tags COVID-19COVID-19 VaccineVaccinations

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1. A summary of how many people are in each of the four Covid-19 vaccine rollout groups in areas administered by the CDHB. Additionally, I would like the same summary provided just for the area of greater Christchurch city.
2. I would also like a weekly breakdown of the number of vaccinations that the CDHB is targeting for each of these groups. This could be provided as a weekly summary of the number of people the CDHB is expecting to be vaccinated in each group, from the beginning of the vaccination programme until the end.

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1. All correspondence between the Canterbury Primary Response Group and CDHB staff in the past two months (May, June, July to-date), regarding concerns about the speed rolling out the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
2. The structure of the team within the CDHB responsible for rolling out the vaccine: number of employees involved, name of team, responsibilities.
3. I've been told someone organising the rollout was fired/moved aside due to the slow rollout speed. Please provide details of any action taken by the CDHB to discipline staff involved in the rollout, or actions taken to improve the speed of the rollout. 4.Please provide correspondence between the CDHB and MoH staff in the past two months (May, June, July to-date) regarding concerns about the speed of the Covid vaccination roll-out in Canterbury.

Tags COVID-19COVID-19 VaccineVaccinations

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The Canterbury DHB Board meet approximately every month. Board agenda papers are usually published two days before a board meeting.

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Can you please provide me with details of contractors/non FTE staff you have working under the funding and planning, and the IT department?
Function: gender date started at DHB date when IT account was setup, hourly rate P&F or IT M/F dd/mm/yyyy dd/mm/yyyy $xxx

Tags ConsultantsContractorsISGPlanning & Funding (P&F)SalaryStaffTechnology

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• Alcohol licensing information PHUs

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• Agendas/minutes past 3 years re cyber security (IT, ICT).
• Copies of any relevant risk registers that provide info re cyber (ITC, IT, info tech, data and digital) security and/or risks at any time in the last 3 years.  
• And DHB response to DG Dr Bloomfield's letter to DHBs dated 24 July 2020.
• Copies of risk registers.

Tags Cyber SecurityInformation SecurityITTechnology

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A copy of the information on abortion provided to the Ministry of Health in your Boards quarterly reports for the last quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021.

Tags AbortionMinister of HealthTermination

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EY Taskforce Programme Support Phase 2

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• What are the facilities hosting mental health ED like and are there any plans to improve them?
• What is the total number of staff working in the mental health crisis team when it is fully resourced.
• The number of staff working in the team currently?
• How many people left the mental health crisis team this year? And over the last six years broken down by year?
• How many staff from the mental health crisis team were assaulted this year, how many resulted in an ACC claim, and how long was each incident off work as a result? Same info for last year and year before if possible too.
• What is the role of police in assisting the crisis mental health team if they are unable to manage a patient?

Tags AssaultsCrisis teamEmergency DepartmentHillmorton HospitalMental HealthPatientsPoliceStaffStaffing

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The number of patients from Christchurch Men’s’ Prison who were admitted to Hillmorton Hospital and discharged in 2016 and 2017?

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• Number of people admitted to Christchurch Hospital in 2021 due to dog attacks.

Tags Dog related injuryDogsEmergency Department

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The Canterbury DHB Board meet approximately every month. Board agenda papers are usually published two days before a board meeting.

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• Copies of any communications you have sent to suppliers or contractors asking whether they meet the definition of a Māori business;
• Copies of any communications you have sent to suppliers or contractors advising them of the requirements of the Progressive Procurement Policy;
• The number/value of contracts your agency has terminated because a supplier or contractor didn’t meet the definition of a Māori business since the Progressive Procurement Policy came into force;
• The number/value of contracts your agency has signed with Māori businesses since the Progressive Procurement Policy came into force.

Tags ConsultantsContractorsMaoriProcurementProgressive Procurement PolicySuppliers

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• A copy of your DHB’s Planned Care Three Year plan (the one that needed to be signed off by Ministry of Health in 2020).
• The latest update on delivery of any existing or new community/general practice based initiatives under your DHB’s Three Year Plan

Tags 3 year planAnnual PlansPlanned care

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• How many people staying in MIQ facilities have sought assistance from Ministry of Health mental health teams that operate on-site during the same period (16/03/2020 - 16/04/2021)?
• How many prescriptions/doses of anti-anxiety medications such as Xanax (alprazolam), Klonopin (clonazepam), Valium (diazepam), and Ativan (lorazepam) have been distributed to patients in MIQ units? (16/03/2020 - 16/04/2021).
• How much has the Ministry of Health spent on medications and non-Covid related health.

Tags COVID-19IsolationMental HealthPrescriptionsWellbeing

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• Referrals by GP for Joint replacement 2017 and 2020 calendar years etc.
• Criteria for Joint surgery.
• Semi urgent referrals from GP to Ears, nose and Throat how many seen by a specialist?

Tags ENTGPsHipHip replacementJoint replacementKneeKnee replacementPrivate referralsReferralsSpecialistsSurgery

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Mental Health: Te Tumu Waiora info / BIC / ED mental health presentations and admissions.

Tags AdmissionsBrief Intervention Counselling (BIC)Emergency DepartmentMental HealthTe Tumu Waiora

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