Private Bag 911, Timaru
New Zealand
Telephone 03 687 2100
Facsimile 03 688 0238
17 July 2019
Brodie Fraser
By email:
[FYI request #10544 email]
Dear Mr Fraser
Re:
Official Information Act Request
I refer to your Official Information Act request received on 20 June 2019, via the Ministry of Health in
which you specifically requested the following:
1.
How many, if any, transgender individuals have been referred to endocrine services in
New Zealand in the past five years, broken down by DHB? These are tertiary services that
would be provided to our population by other DHBs. We have no electronic record of the
referrals our DHB makes to these services.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of our decision by the Ombudsman. The
Ombudsman's Office can be contacted on 0800 802 602 or on-line at
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
Kind regards
Catherine Johnson
Executive Assistant
SC District Health Board