Responses Ngā urupare
Proactively released responses to Official Information Act requests.
In certain circumstances, information that was released to the original requester may be redacted. This will usually be information related to the requester, for example their personal or commercial information. If you need an accessible version of any of the documents below, please get in touch: info@hqsc.govt.nz.
The responses are arranged by financial year (July to June).
2025–2026
| Date published | Response date |
Response | Download/view pdf |
| 2 October 2025 | 4 August 2025 | HQSC275 - Nelson Marlborough Review Quality Alert reports | |
| 2 October 2025 | 11 September 2025 | HQSC274 - Balancing measures |
Balancing measures (PDF 256KB) Attachment 1 Second stage briefing (PDF 380KB) Attachment 2 Email (PDF 1.9MB) Attachment 3 Email (PDF 101KB) Attachment 4 Question one (PDF 2.4MB) Attachment 5 Question two (PDF 2.6MB) Attachment 6 Question three (PDF 1.2MB) Attachment 7 Question four (PDF 1.5MB) |
| 2 October 2025 | 11 August 2025 | HQSC273 - Fale Andrew Lesā appointment |
Fale Andrew Lesā appointment (PDF 253KB) Attachment 1 Reappointment 2019 (PDF 358KB) Attachment 2 Extension 2021 (PDF 170KB) |
| 2 October 2025 | 18 July 2025 | HQSC271 - Adverse events | Adverse events (PDF 448KB) |
| 2 October 2025 | 16 July 2025 | HQSC270 - Investment into surveys among adult New Zealanders | Investment into surveys among adult New Zealanders (PDF 418KB) |
2024–2025
| Date published | Response date |
Response | Download/view pdf |
| 2 October 2025 | 3 June 2025 | HQSC265 - Central line associated bacteraemia (CLAB) data and reporting structures | |
| 2 October 2025 | 24 April 2025 | HQSC263 - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | |
| 2 October 2025 | 24 April 2025 | HQSC262 - Freebirthing/unassisted birthing | |
| 2 October 2025 | 9 April 2025 | HQSC261 - Full time equivalents | |
| 2 October 2025 | 27 March 2025 | HQSC259 - Briefing to incoming Minister and Insights report |
Briefing to incoming Minister and Insights report (PDF 662KB) |
| 2 October 2025 | 14 March 2025 | HQSC258 - Foetal anti-convulsant (FAC) Severity Assessment Code (SAC) numbers |
Foetal anti-convulsant Severity Assessment Code numbers (PDF 1MB) |
| 2 October 2025 | 11 February 2025 | HQSC257 - Accommodation for employees | |
| 2 October 2025 | 29 November 2024 | HQSC254 - Parental leave | |
| 2 October 2025 | 12 November 2024 | HQSC252 -Monitoring framework | |
| 2 October 2025 | 7 October 2024 | HQSC249 - Employed staff | |
| 2 October 2025 | 11 October 2024 | HQSC248 - Information sharing with Meta and other platforms |
Information sharing with Meta and other platforms (PDF 1.1MB) |
| 2 October 2025 | 9 October 2024 | HQSC247 - ACC surgical mesh adverse events/Risk of harm reporting |
ACC surgical mesh adverse events/Risk of harm reporting (PDF 369KB) |
| 2 October 2025 | 26 September 2024 | HQSC246 - Wall walks | |
| 2 October 2025 | 17 September 2024 | HQSC245 - Adverse events in Wairarapa 2020–2024 | |
| 2 October 2025 | 6 September 2024 | HQSC242 - Internal restructures |
2023–2024
| Date published | Response date |
Response | Download/view pdf |
| 2 October 2025 | 24 June 2024 | HQSC240 - Medication Safety Expert Advisory Group Meeting |
Medication Safety Expert Advisory Group Meeting (PDF 454KB) |
| 2 October 2025 | 28 May 2024 | HQSC238 - Advance care planning transfer to Health New Zealand |
Advance care planning transfer to Health New Zealand (PDF 427KB) |
| 2 October 2025 | 1 May 2024 | HQSC237 - Neonatal encephalopathy data and related activities |
Neonatal encephalopathy data and related activities (PDF 592KB) |
| 2 October 2025 | 1 May 2024 | HQSC236 - Patient falls | |
| 2 October 2025 | 21 March 2024 | HQSC235 - Cost cuts and savings | |
| 2 October 2025 | 5 March 2024 | HQSC234 - Website and logo | |
| 30 September 2025 | 5 March 2024 | HQSC232 -Ministerial correspondence around fiscal sustainability | |
| 30 September 2025 | 14 February 2024 | HQSC231 -Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome | Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome (PDF 1018KB) |
| 30 September 2025 | 14 February 2024 | HQSC230 - Suicide data | Suicide date (PDF 1023KB) |
| 30 September 2025 | 22 December 2023 | HQSC228 -Family Violence Death Review Committee seventh report | Family Violence Death Review Committee seventh report (PDF 1020KB) |
| 30 September 2025 | 19 December 2023 | HQSC227 - Family Violence Death Review Committee seventh report | Family Violence Death Review Committee seventh report (PDF 225KB) |
| 15 December 2023 | 23 November 2023 | Use of te reo Māori | Use of te reo Māori (PDF 1MB) |
| 15 December 2023 | 17 November 2023 | ‘Our Voices: The journey to healthy futures’ expenditure |
‘Our Voices: The journey to healthy futures’ expenditure (PDF 1MB) |
2022–2023
| Date published | Response date |
Response | Download/view pdf |
| 1 August 2023 | 26 May 2023 | Police tasers in mental health facilities, and survey responses for inpatient mental health services users in the Ngā Poutama survey | Police tasers in mental health facilities, and survey responses for inpatient mental health services users in the Ngā Poutama survey (PDF 162KB) |
| 1 August 2023 | 3 April 2023 | Toitū certification | Toitū certification (PDF 84KB) |
| 1 August 2023 | 10 March 2023 | Numbers of adverse events | Numbers of adverse events (PDF 120KB) |
| 5 December 2022 | 28 November 2022 | Harm from prescription errors | Harm from prescription errors (PDF 238KB) |
| 15 November 2022 | 11 November 2022 | Media query process | Media query process (PDF 167KB) |
| 15 November 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Adult patient experience survey | Adult patient experience survey (PDF 197KB) |
| 15 November 2022 | 20 September 2022 | Health Quality & Safety Commission pay bands | Health Quality & Safety Commission pay bands (PDF 226KB) |
| 15 November 2022 | 19 August 2022 | 21/22 financial year expenditure | 21/22 financial year expenditure (PDF 138KB) |
| 15 November 2022 | 9 August 2022 | SAC1 and 2 adverse event data relating to the lack of fixed wing air transfer capacity | SAC1 and 2 adverse event data relating to the lack of fixed wing air transfer capacity (PDF 174KB) |
| 15 November 2022 | 27 July 2022 | Year end statistics for 2021/2022 | Year end statistics for 2021/2022 (PDF 138KB) |
| 15 November 2022 | 21 July 2022 | Adverse events by clinical area | Adverse events by clinical area (PDF 215KB) |
| 15 November 2022 | 15 July 2022 | Consumer groups at the Commission | Consumer groups at the Commission (PDF 138KB) |
2021–2022
| Date published | Response date |
Response | Download/view pdf |
| 22 August 2022 | 14 April 2022 | Information concerning reported Severity Assessment Code 1 and 2 adverse events, in relation to the COVID-19 Care in the Community programme |
COVID adverse events (PDF 264KB) |
| 22 August 2022 | 17 June 2022 | Information about consumer groups at the Commission |
Information about consumer groups at the Commission (PDF 174KB) |
| 23 May 2022 | 9 May 2022 | Information about Commission staff FTE | Information about staff FTE (PDF 168KB) |
2020–2021
| Date published | Response date |
Response | Download/view pdf |
| 30 June 2021 | 18 June 2021 | HQSC156 - Data about Pacific family violence | Data about Pacific family violence (PDF 240KB) |
| 30 June 2021 | 10 June 2021 | HQSC155 – Email communications about current influenza and Pfizer vaccinations underway in New Zealand | Email communications about current influenza and Pfizer vaccinations underway in New Zealand (PDF 200KB) |
| 30 June 2021 | 26 May 2021 | HQSC154 – Public health employee salaries | Public health employee salaries (PDF 197KB) |
| 30 June 2021 | 4 May 2021 | HQSC153 – High mortality and neonatal | High mortality and neonatal (PDF 1MB) |
| 30 June 2021 | 5 May 2021 | HQSC152 – Ninth POMRC report questions | Ninth POMRC report questions (PDF 307KB) |
| 30 June 2021 | 13 April 2021 | HQSC151 – Charging for official information act request | Charging for official information act request (PDF 1MB) |
| 30 June 2021 | 25 February 2021 | HQSC150 – Waikato DHB reports modified request | Waikato DHB reports modified requests (PDF 146KB) |
| 30 June 2021 | 11 February 2021 | HQSC149 – Waikato DHB reports | Waikato DHB reports (PDF 279KB) |
| 12 January 2021 | 10 December 2020 | HQSC148 – Chief executive and senior staff pay status | Chief executive and senior staff pay status (PDF 240KB) |
| 12 January 2021 | 4 December 2020 | HQSC147 – PMMRC data request | PMMRC data request (PDF 379KB) |
| 12 January 2021 | 10 December 2020 | HQSC146 – Adverse events data |
Adverse events data (PDF 657KB) |
| 12 January 2021 | 6 November 2020 | HQSC145 – Mental health facilities | Mental health facilities (PDF 182KB) |
| 12 January 2021 | 5 August 2020 | HQSC141 – Removal of private information | Removal of private information (PDF 873KB) Patient experience survey privacy impact assessment report (PDF 843KB) |
| 12 January 2021 | 14 July 2020 | HQSC136 – Adverse events – inpatient suicides | Adverse events – inpatient suicides (PDF 449KB) |
| 12 January 2021 | 16 July 2020 | HQSC135 – Window 2019 content on racism | Window 2019 content on racism (PDF 208KB) |
| 12 January 2021 | 13 July 2020 | HQSC139 – Correspondence with the Minister of Health about mental health and addiction service provision within district health boards | Correspondence with the Minister of Health about mental health and addiction service provision within district health boards (PDF 130KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 2 July 2020 | HQSC137 – Use of firearms in violence against women | Use of firearms in violence against women (PDF 337KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 2 July 2020 | HQSC134 – New Zealand Drug Foundation | New Zealand Drug Foundation (PDF 51KB) |
2019–2020
| Date published | Response date |
Response | Download/view pdf |
| 24 December 2020 | 7 May 2020 | HQSC133 – COVID-19 voluntary pay cut | COVID-19 voluntary pay cut (PDF 106KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 7 May 2020 | HQSC132 – Personal information held by the Health Quality & Safety Commission | Personal information held by the Health Quality & Safety Commission (PDF 48KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 2 April 2020 | HQSC131 – Official information request for WRGPI Claims for toxicity | WRGPI claims for toxicity (PDF 41KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 27 March 2020 | HQSC129 – Adverse events | Adverse events (PDF 50KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 24 March 2020 | HQSC127 – Adverse events – unauthorised access to restricted areas | Adverse events – unauthorised access to restricted areas (PDF 181KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 11 March 2020 | HQSC128 – MC personnel | MC personnel (PDF 46KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 21 February 2020 | HQSC126 – Serious incident reviews – mental health response | Serious incident reviews – mental health response (PDF 126KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 21 February 2020 | HQSC124 – Adverse events – unauthorised access to restricted areas | Adverse events – unauthorised access to restricted areas (PDF 155KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 4 October 2019 | HQSC121 – Termination of pregnancy 32 weeks gestation from 13th PMMRC annual report | Official information for termination of pregnancy 32 weeks gestation from 13th PMMRC annual report (PDF 66KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 3 October 2019 | HQSC120 – Pregnancy termination statistics | Official information for pregnancy termination statistics (PDF 47KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 2 October 2019 | HQSC122 – Intended vs actual place of birth among neonatal encephalopathy cases | Intended vs actual place of birth among neonatal encephalopathy cases (PDF 182KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 1 October 2019 | HQSC119 – Radio Spectrum | Radio Spectrum (PDF 178KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 6 September 2019 | HQSC118 – Use of and cost for psychometric testing | Use of and cost for psychometric testing (PDF 66KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 6 September 2019 | HQSC117 – Adverse events suspected suicides | Adverse events suspected suicides (PDF 683KB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 31 July 2019 | HQSC116 – Gonville Health | Gonville Health (PDF 4.6MB) |
| 24 December 2020 | 8 July 2019 | HQSC115 – Social media influencers | Social Media Influencers (PDF 71KB) |
Published: 13 Oct 2021
Modified: 3 Oct 2025
