Health Services
228 documents.
Te Waipounamu South Island Health Services Plan 2019-22
- Date: 2 Jul 2020
- Document Type: South Island Health Services Plan
The Te Waipounamu South Island Health Services Plan articulates the regional direction and key principles that will inform regional service development, service configuration and infrastructure requirements of South Island DHB's over the next several years.
Early Childhood Education Centre (ECEC) Newsletter Public Health Nursing Service Autumn/Winter 2022
- Date: 20 Jun 2022
- Document Type: Newsletter
Public health nurses are Registered Nurses who work with children/tamariki (and their families/whanau) around identified health concerns. Public health nurses have access to health resources, information and provide a free, mobile and confidential service.
Gender affirming surgery in the last ten years
- Date: 14 Jun 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10875
Gender affirming surgery provided last ten years.
TOP surgery
- Date: 9 Jun 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10863
TOP surgery: Waiting time from referral by GP to be accepted for TOP surgery.
Operating theatre revenue and capacity
- Date: 24 May 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10855
The impact on revenue for a hospital/DHB that is caused by an operating theatre being closed for a period of time. Can you please provide the average revenue that an operating theatre brings in per year? If that is too difficult, can you please provide the total operating theatre revenue for CDHB and the total amount of operating rooms?
Remdesivir and ventilators
- Date: 23 May 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10862
Has Remdesivir and ventilators been or are being used as a treatment for COVID patients in hospital?”
Senior Medical Officer Gastroenterologists appointed during 2020-2021
- Date: 23 May 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10860
SMO Gastroenterologist appointments 1/4/2020 - 1/4/2022
Stuttering
- Date: 20 May 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10853
Do DHBs provide services for people who stutter?
Healthcare Waste
- Date: 20 May 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10825(a)
Healthcare Waste / Volumes of hazardous and controlled waste and number of surgeries completed broken down by site (ChCh Hosp and Burwood) for last ten years.
Hospitals at Code Red and Code Black during 2021
- Date: 28 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10808
Number of days hospitals spent in 'Code Red' and 'Code Black' 2021 calendar year (Jan-Dec).
Transporting specimens
- Date: 28 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10814
Official guidance documents we use in New Zealand to cover the handling and transportation of microbiology samples from provincial hospitals to centralized testing laboratories.
I expect that official guidance would cover aspects such as reported by Miller et al. [1] including transport media, temperature and time from specimen extraction from patient until the analysis is completed at the centralized laboratory. [1] Miller et al., A guide to utilization of the microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of infectious diseases 2018: Updated by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society of Microbiology. Current Infectious Diseases 2018, 67(6), e1-e94. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy381.
Disposal of waste from operating theatres
- Date: 28 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10825
- Cost to dispose waste generated within operating theatres for past five years.
- Also how the waste has been disposed of.
- Volumes of waste.
- Number of surgeries completed for past ten years broken down by type.
Palliative care
- Date: 28 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10812
Palliative care services provided by DHB / Costs / staffing.
Bone density (DEXA) scans
- Date: 27 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10796
Are publicly funded bone density (DEXA) scans available for (1) all relevant Endocrinology patients (2) any patient seen in a relevant subspecialty (yes/no adequate detail for both questions). The scan could be provided in private but the question is about who pays - the DHB or the patient. If some patients would be funded (e.g. community service card holders) please provide this information.
Urgent x-ray procedures and ED procedures
- Date: 27 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10787
- What are the official Guidelines/procedures for urgent X-rays (24 hour)?
- What are the Guidelines/procedures for patients repeatedly admitted to Emergency Department with severe epigastric pain/ and upper right and left quadrant pain?
- Guidelines/procedure for investigating possible Colonic Motility Dysfunction/Defecatory Disorders/Anorectal Dysfunction?
Use of Language interpreters to access healthcare
- Date: 27 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10849
- Any information on the numbers of people in New Zealand who need an interpreter in order to access effective health care.
NZ Sign Language interpreters
- Date: 27 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10847
- Number of times NZ Sign Language interpreters were booked in each DHB Feb 21 - Feb 22.
Feeding tubes
- Date: 27 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10822
- How many people under the CDHB have a feeding tube? Would appreciate this by age bracket please, eg 5 year brackets.
- Does the CCDHB provide, free of charge, the Nutricia Flocare Infinity Go Frame for those feeding tube patients requiring one and if so, what is the GST excl unit price that the CCDHB purchase them for from Nutricia? https://nutricia.co.nz/adult/product/flocare-infinity-go-frame/
Current number and practices of abortion services
- Date: 21 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10810
- The number of abortions that were performed pre 20 weeks and post 20 weeks at the Christchurch Women’s Hospital and the Gynaecological Procedure Unit in 2021.
- The number of medical and surgical abortions that were performed at the above facilities in 2021.
- The gestational age of the oldest unborn child aborted in your facilities in 2021.
Rural hospital closures
- Date: 21 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10830
Transcript of all Canterbury DHB Board meetings with regards to the closure of rural hospitals in the Canterbury District.
Current practices of abortion services
- Date: 21 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10810(a)
- In your opening sentence you refer to abortions and terminations. As all abortions have the objective of terminating the life of an unborn child, how do you differentiate between an abortion and a termination?
- You advise that an unborn baby’s life was terminated at 29 weeks gestation due to fetal abnormality incompatible with life; what does this mean in practice and does it include Trisomy 21 and other conditions that are serious but not life threatening?
- Am I correct in assuming that telehealth medical abortions for women who reside in the CDHB area are still not included in your abortion statistics, nor are medical abortions facilitated by local Registered Medical Practitioners, midwives and practice nurses?
Emergency Department, ICU and surgery attendance and wait times during February 2022
- Date: 6 Apr 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10844
Emergency Department / FSA and planned surgery wait times / ICU occupancy.
ICU capacity
- Date: 14 Feb 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10784
What investment in the increased number of ICU beds by region and hospital, have been delivered, from 01 October 2019 to the date of your issuing the data.
Gender affirming healthcare services
- Date: 14 Feb 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10779
Gender affirming healthcare services provided by DHB.
Surgeries / procedures / assessments cancellations
- Date: 11 Jan 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10775
Partial transfer from MoH:
- How many surgeries /procedures/assessments have been cancelled in the past year?
- Is it possible to break that number down by month?
- How many surgeries/procedures/assessments were cancelled in 2019 and in 2017?
Declined gastro-intestinal department referrals
- Date: 11 Jan 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10770
The percentage of patients that have been declined referrals from multiple internal and external requests for gastro-intestinal department (Multiple being more than 3 separate GP/Doctor referrals) 3/12/2021 time frame 1/1/2010-1/11/2021.
Orthopaedic surgery and related questions
- Date: 11 Jan 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10762
17 questions: Orthopaedic surgery wait list, pain management, number of surgeons, support services for patients with spinal injury, prescription drug addiction, pain clinic. Suicides while waiting for surgery.
Trans vaginal ultrasounds
- Date: 11 Jan 2022
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10773
How referrals for trans vaginal ultrasound scans are treated.
Child heart surgery and subsequent pregnancy/births
- Date: 20 Dec 2021
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10739
How many individuals in New Zealand had full open-heart surgery as a child (<16) and subsequently went on to become pregnant and give birth.
PET-CT referral suppliers
- Date: 26 Nov 2021
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10735
PET CT referral suppliers:
- Which PET CT suppliers do you use for your PET CT referrals?
- How are the tenders for these referrals accessed and when are they put out to tender?
- Are any of your PET CT referrals currently under contract with your suppliers and if so when are the contracts up for renewal?
- Are there any extra costs to the DHB for providing PET CT scans to patients, e.g. travel costs, accommodation?
Intensive Care Unit
- Date: 26 Nov 2021
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10712
- How many intensive care unit (ICU) beds are available at Canterbury DHB that meet the staffing requirements outlined in the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) minimum standards for Level I, II, III and Paediatric ICUs? See: https://www.cicm.org.au/CICM_Media/CICMSite/Files/Professional/IC-1-Minimum-Standards-for-Intensive-Care-Units.pdf
- What is the DHB’s current Clinical Priority Assessment Criteria (CPAC) threshold for each speciality?
- What were the CPAC thresholds over the previous 5 years and how many patients were declined treatment (FSA or surgery) due to capacity of the service to deliver?
Male and Female Genitalia Anomalies
- Date: 26 Nov 2021
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10695
Hypospadias / urethral fistula, anomalies of male genitalia, reducing or adjusting clitoral size or appearance, Vaginal construction or reconstruction procedures, gonadectomies, protocols re gonadectomies, support and information for young people and families.
Early Childhood Education Centre (ECEC) Newsletter Public Health Nursing Service Spring/Summer 2021-22
- Date: 20 Nov 2021
- Document Type: Newsletter
Public health nurses are Registered Nurses who work with children/tamariki (and their families/whanau) around identified health concerns. Public health nurses have access to health resources, information and provide a free, mobile and confidential service.
COVID lockdowns effect on health services
- Date: 8 Nov 2021
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10707
Elective procedures, imaging (MRI, CT scans) and mental health appointments delayed under lockdown levels 3 and 4.
Orthopaedics CPAC scoring system
- Date: 2 Nov 2021
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10716
Please provide the full breakdown of the CPAC scoring system (100 points) for orthopaedics.
ICU occupancy, ventilators and ability to scale up
- Date: 29 Oct 2021
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10705
The latest information in regards to ICU beds, occupancy rates, and the ability to scale up
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nursing training
- Date: 27 Oct 2021
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10723
A breakdown by DHB showing how many nurses had completed the online ICU training module for nurses by August 17, and also now (most up to date figures available).
Medication management
- Date: 27 Oct 2021
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10696
RE performance ratings in your 2020 annual report: In the section of 'Pharmacy and Referred Services'. "People on multiple medications receiving medication management support".
My enquiry is how the stats are calculated and if you could provide further information regarding medication management support.
Air ambulance
- Date: 27 Oct 2021
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10686
Registered flight nurses, inter-hospital transfers by air, cost of inter-hospital transfers by air, number of flights etc, cost sharing for inter-hospital transfers by air.
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Capacity from March 2020 to September 2021
- Date: 26 Oct 2021
- Document Type: Official Information Act Response
- ID: CDHB 10692
- ICU / Intensive Care Unit / Capacity 1. Since March 2020 and by each month thereafter, the number of fully staffed/operational ICU beds available, ICU capacity, a breakdown of all ICU staff (such as numbers of ICU nurses) and any vacancies, and how many surgeries were rescheduled or postponed/cancelled.
- Since March 2020, copies of any reports, documents or briefings that include information about ICU capacity, including (but not limited to) in relation to Covid-19, such as contingency plans to scale up capacity.
- Since March 2020, copies of all correspondence with the Ministry of Health regarding critical care and ICU, in relation to Covid-19, such as confirmation of current capacity and plans to scale up capacity.
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