I write in response to your Official Information Act request, dated 03 March 2020.
You requested the following information:
1.The total number of patients who have waited longer than six hours in the emergency department (ED) each month for the last five years (Jan 2015 - Dec 2019), with a breakdown by gender, ethnicity and age.
2.The total number of people prescribed painkillers after presenting to ED each month for the last five years (Jan 2015 -Dec 2019), with a breakdown by gender, ethnicity and age.
3.The shortest, average and longest wait time for a patient to be referred from the emergency department to the Gynaecology department each month for the last five years. (Jan 2015 – Dec2019).
4.The shortest, average and longest wait time for a patient to be referred from the emergency department to the Cardiology department each month for the last five years. (Jan 2015- Dec2019).
5.The shortest, average and longest wait time for a patient to be referred from the emergency department to the Urology department each month for the last five years (Jan 2015- Dec2019).
6.The number of declined referrals from the emergency department each month for the last fiveyears (Jan 2015 to Dec 2019), with a break down by gender, ethnicity and age.
7.The total number of complaints received by the DHB relating a referral to a mental health service, each month for the last five years (Jan 2015 - Dec 2019) with a breakdown by gender, ethnicity and age.
a.Also, with one sentence to explain what each complaint is about.
8.The total number of complaints received by the DHB relating undiagnosed symptoms ormisdiagnosed conditions each month last year (Jan 2015 – Dec 2019), with a breakdown bygender, ethnicity and age.
a.Also, with one sentence to explain what each complaint is about, without naming or identifying anyone.
The information sought in this request is to be used as part of a report by the New Zealand Herald into gender bias within the health system.
Our response is attached
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