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2021 Responses

Month	Topic
January	Formal complaints regarding surgical equipment
	Psycologist wait list and Māori mental health services
	Hip and knee replacements
	DHB art collection
	Cost of Communications and PR
	Methadone dispensings
	NZSL interpreting services
	Complaints to the Health and Disability Commissioner
	Breastfeeding and tongue tie support services
	Assaults on staff perpetrated by patients
	Treatment of firearm injuries
February	Data on part-time employed RMOs
	Data sharing
	Additional duties for RMOs
	MDMA admission data
	Aged residential care admissions and costs
	Return of body parts
	Damaged COVID-19 tests
March	Diabetic retinopathy
	Eating disorders
	Equipment sterilisation
	Gender in health
	Amount spent on temporary workers
	COVID-19 response documentation
	Mental health and addiction services
April	DHB as a living wage employer
	OIA numbers and charges
	Data on malnourishment diagnoses
	Local commissioning funding
	Employment 2020 and supply levels
	Patients placed in isolation
	Children recorded with different diseases
	Digital dictation
	Alcohol related harm
May	Mental health unit data
	Surgery wait times
	Mental health and addictions facilities
	Marae accessibility to Māori inpatients and Tino Rangatiratanga
	PSMA funding
	Genital surgery for intersex children
	Staff vacancies
	Dog bites in Tairāwhiti
	Ethnicity of psychiatrists and DHB protocols
	Pathology contracts
	Gardasil vaccines
	Air ambulance services
	Challenges to coronial findings
	Complaints from women accessing abortion services
June	Psychometric testing
	Clinicians delivering long acting reversible contraception
	Intensive care costs
	Annual leave taken by SMOs
	Waitlist for psychiatric services
July	Missed COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments
	Colonoscopy Declines
	Crohn's Disease by Ethnicity
	Cathinone Toxicity
	Progressive Procurement Policy
	HPV Immunisation Refusal in Schools
	Access to services for people with Multiple Sclerosis
	Cybersecurity
August	Funded Treatments for Gender Dysphoria
	Pharmacists Seconded to Vaccination Programme
	Psychologist FTE
	Staff Survey
	RMO
	Contractors Cost
	Jim's Interview Talking Points
	Children in Care
September	Hypospadias
	PPE Stock and ICU
	Fossil Fuels
	Aged Residential Care
	Datix
	ICU Data 2018 YTD
October	ICU Data
	Annual Review
	OIA Response Times
	Freeing up ICU
	Pfizer Clinical Trials
	CPAC and ICU
	COVID Plans
	Stroke Data
	ICU Nurse Training
	COVID Prepardness
	Delays Due to Lockdown
	Community Based Isolation
	Endometriosis
	Infusion Services
	Māori and Pasifika Immunisations
November	Transgender Care
	General Practice
	Contractors 5 Years
	Mental Health Vulnerabilities
	DHB Treatment Protocols
	Maternity Services Data
	PET CT
	ICU Fully Staffed Beds
Decdember	Māori NHI Data
	ADHD
	Myocarditis/pericarditis
	Calls to Healthline
	COVID-19 Vaccine and Pregnancy
	List of Meetings Held
	Fetal and Neonatal Deaths
	Pharmacy Staffing
	Pharmacy Qualifications
	Pharmacy Hires

2020 Responses

Month	Topic
January	Skin cancer prevention
	Estimated hospital floor area
	Hospital bed numbers
February	Number of PGY1 House Officers and medical doctors hired
	Holter monitoring services
	Sexual harassment complaints
	Population nutrition promotion
	Hospital risk register
March	Asbestos management plan
	Gender reassignment hormone therapy
	Addiction services
	Measles epidemic data and costs
	Cost of electroconvulsive therapy
	Christmas party costs, staff bonuses and CE travel
April	Gender bias in the health system
	Incidents relating to equipment sterilisation
	Use of the Avastin Drug
	Policy re archiving, storing and biobanking of human tissue
	Calls to the mental health crisis team
May	Ventilator inventory
	PPE stockpiles and demand
	Reported assaults and sexual harassment
	Ophthalmology services
	Use of requisitioning powers during COVID-19
	COVID-19 hospitalisations and mortality numbers
	Impact of COVID-19 on elective surgeries
	Abortion services
June	Births at Gisborne Hospital during the COVID-19 lockdown
	Number of electroconvulsive devices at Gisborne Hospital
	Information on Tairāwhiti's COVID-19 cases
	Number of people working on contact tracing during COVID-19 at Hauora Tairāwhiti
	COVID-19 hospitalisations
	Total cost of running DHB paging systems
	Access to services for people with multiple sclerosis
	Incidents of impersonation and unauthorised access to theatres and laboratories
	Publication of all DHB policies and best practice documents
July	Letter of Understanding between DHBs and the PSA regarding an increase in penal rates
	Details on Anaesthetic Technicians employed by the DHB
	Breast Reconstruction waitlist and criteria
August	Impact of Covid-19 on Clinical workforce
	Assaults on staff in the last 3 years
	Payments to Medical Colleges by Hauora Tairawhiti
	Impact of Covid-19 on community oral health
	Hauora Tairawhiti's Pharmacy Workforce - various questions
	Hauora Tairawhiti's Dietician Workforce - various questions
	Leave taken by RMO'S at Hauora Tairawhiti
	Annual leave taken by SMO'S at Hauora Tairawhiti
	Number of pre-fabricated buildings at Hauora Tairawhiti
September	Pet Scan Referrals in the last three years
	Hauora Tairawhiti's mental health inpatient facilities
	Pain Management services and Cerebral Palsy
	Domestic Violence Presentations
	Ethnicity of admitted smokers
	Number of negative pressure beds in HDU/CCU and ICU
	Endoscopy procedures
	Gender affirming healthcare services
	Employed and contracted psychotherapists
October	Effects of COVID-19 on staffing
	Colonoscopy Data
	ED presentations, hospital capacity and referrals
	Patients receiving colonoscopies
	Effects of COVID-19 on staffing
	Healthcare for transgender people
November	Fit testing
	Electroconvulsive therapy - various questions
	ICU occupancy rates
December	Arrival of Chemist Warehouse
	Age of mothers who gave birth at DHB facilities
	Board members with Pacific heritage
	Foreign nationals charged by the public health system

2019 Responses

Month	Topic
January	FASD Assessment
	Fax Machines
	Pagers
	Funding for brief intervention counselling
	PET-CT Machines
	Pest infestation in the last five years
	Maternal mental health
February	DHB car parking
	Advertising spend for the last five financial years
	Māori workforce recruitment
	Alcohol harm reduction activities
	Medical personal cost enquiry
	Injury and death related to heatstroke
	Prescribed antidepressants in 2018
	RMO strike numbers
	Education access and transition between services
	Weight loss surgery
	Assaults on staff for last 5 years
	RMO pay deductions
	Home and community support contracts
March	Papers on climate change
	Disabled Māori
	Health promotion for disabled Māori
	Menu planning
	Violent incidents
	Reportable event briefs
	Cancer wait times
	Rural adjuster fund
	Remuneration of RMOs, SMOs and employees for work carried out as a result of the strike actions
	NZ's ambulance services by non-residents and tourists
	Vaccination documents and policies
	Sterilisation failures
April	Abortion
	Opioid use
	CASP framework
	Information regarding Nga Hau E Wha
	Christchurch mosque terror attack
May	Gender affirming services
	Gender affirming healthcare availability
	Assualts on nursing staff
	Consultants in maternity wards
	Clinical drug trials
	Surgical mesh trans orbturator
	SMO pay during strike 29 May
June	Psychologist services
	Remuneration and cost for strike
	Primary health providers and foundation standard
	Complaints 2017 -2018
July	CPAC threshold
	Number of hired PGY1 House Officers (2013 - 2019)
	Priority spending and cancer treatment
August	Pregnancy termination funding
	Staff immunisation
	Maternity staffing
October	Risk register report

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