Disclosure Log

A disclosure log is a record containing details of government information already released under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act). A disclosure log is part of the open access information that agencies are required to make available and is a requirement under Section 25 of the GIPA Act. Requests for personal information are not included in the disclosure log. Some information that has been released under the GIPA Act is provided in summary format only in this disclosure log. If the information is not provided electronically below, interested parties may access copies of the information listed by contacting the NSW Ministry of Health, External Relations Unit on 9391.9263 or by mail at Locked Mail Bag 961 NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2059.

Please note that this disclosure log lists the information requested at the time and may not be the most up-to-date version of the information.

Log Id	Internal reference number	Date of decision	Description of information provided	Type of release – full release or release with deletions	Information available to the public and how it can be accessed.
72	PA12/141	5 September 2012	Information relating to thalidomide for the period 1960 to 1964.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
71	PA12/126	13 August 2012	Minutes and draft Minutes of the meetings of the NSW Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Advisory Committee since 7 September 2011 to June 2012.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
70	PA12/88	24 July 2012	Information relating to Health and Hospital Fund (round Four) relating to Armidate Hospital.	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
69	PA12/138	31 July 2012	Information relating to Lead Poisoning Awareness Day, held in 1997.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
68	PA12/90	15 July 2012	Data on the number of complaints made by nurses about bullying in NSW public hospitals for 2010 and 2011.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
67	PA12/108	10 July 2012	Information regarding NSW fluoridation support surveys commissioned by NSW Ministry of Health from January 2000 to December 2011	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
66	PA12/97	6 July 2012	Information concerning the overtime payment of a NSW Health employee identified in the NSW Auditor-General's Report Volume 10, 2011.	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
65	PA12/18	16 July 2012	Information relating to strategies to improve emergency departments' performance.	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
64	PA12/71	27 June 2012	Agendas and Minutes of the Effluent and By-Product Steering Committee.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
63	PA12/94	21 June 2012	List of consultants engaged by NSW Ministry of Health for 2009/10 and 2010/11.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
62	PA12/91	6 June 2012	Data concerning the number of thefts from patients in NSW public hospitals during 2010 and 2011 calendar years.	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
61	PA12/72	18 June 2012	Five quarterly reports for the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre for the periods August 2010 to October 2011.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
60	PA12/34	5 May 2012	Information concerning the proposed Flyers Creek Wind Farm.	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
59	PA12/68	4 May 2012	List of facilities for which a licence was in force under the Nursing Homes Act 1988 immediately before the repeal of the Act.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
58	PA12/37	30 April 2012	List of research commissioned by NSW Health since 1 July 2009 that relates to tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
57	PA12/31	4 April 2012	Investigation and subsequent recall of Thermoskin brand gel hot/cold packs.	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
56	PA12/11	5 April 2012	Availability of FirstNet computer system used in NSW hospital emergency departments.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
55	PA12/20	2 April 2012	Radiology and Medical Imaging Services Agreement between the then Hunter New England Local Health Network and Imaging Independently New England Pty Ltd	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
54	PA11/236	2 April 2012	Minutes of the NSW Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Advisory Committee.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
53	PA11/227	7 Feb 2012	Information relating to the review of FirstNet computer system used in NSW hospital emergency departments.	Full access granted.	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
52	PA11/189	12 Dec 2011	Information concerning purported health impacts of wind farms.	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
51	PA11/155	28 Nov 2011	Table of findings of the investigations into 6 medical practitioners and 14 nurses for prescription drug abuse by the then NSW Department of Health in the period 1 October 2009 to 31 March 2011.	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
50	PA11/177	21 Oct 2011	Copies of the NSW Daily Emergency Access Reports for the months of June, July and August 2011	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
49	PA11/110	7 Sept 2011	Information relating to the use of NSW Ministry of Health's pool and salary packaged vehicles for the last 3 years - i.e., instances of non-approved use; instances of repairs and the costs; and number of traffic or parking infringement notices issued and description of offence.	Full release	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
48	PA11/135	6 Sept 2011	Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus acquisition rates in NSW public hospitals intensive care units (A1 to C1) by month for the year 2010 and January 2011 to March 2011. Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in NSW public hospitals (A1 to C1) by month for the year 2010 and from January 2011 to March 2011.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
47	PA11/72	27 July 2011	Tables showing the number of mechanical constraint, electroconvulsive therapy, involuntary orders, seclusions in NSW psychiatric hospitals and SAC 1 incidents resulting in death across the health system.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
46	PA11/70	21 July 2011	Information created in the last five years relating to the use of Intense Pulsed Light(IPL), complaints, general information about IPL and proposals to regulate procedures.	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9263 or Email us
45	PA11/90	20 July 2011	Terms of reference, agenda and minutes of meetings, reports, draft reports etc relating to the Mental Health Inquiry Group.	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
44	PA11/89	26 July 2011	Excerpt from the NSW Department of Health’s Gifts and Benefits Register for the period 14 June 2010 to 13 June 2011.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
43	PA11/34	25 July 2011	1. Quarterly workers’ compensation performance summary NSW Health wide (Stress claims/non-stress claims) for period 1 January 2010 – 31 December 2010. 2. Number of doctors and nurses investigated for prescription drug abuse for period 1 October 2009 - 31 March 2011.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
42	PA11/85	15 July 2011	Information relating to the computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) survey conducted earlier this year on community attitudes towards fluoridation in 12 rural/remote local government areas.	Partial access granted.	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
41	PA11/71	15 July 2011	Documents provided to Minister for Health for attendance at Australian Health Ministers’ Conference, July 2004 concerning water fluoridation and National Oral Health Plan.	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
40	PA11/69	15 July 2011	Child Dental Survey forms	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
39	PA11/64	6 June 2011	Documents concerning lost and stolen medication	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
38	PA11/52	15 June 2011	Documents concerning NSW Health property sold between 2005 and 2010	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
37	PA11/38	7 June 2011	Documents concerning the plain packaging of tobacco products	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
36	PA11/37	28 June 2011	Documents concerning coal dust hazards in the Hunter Valley	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
35	PA11/29	22 April 2011	Information regarding tobacco retailers held in Government Licensing Service	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
34	PA10/107	14 Jan 2011	Data on number of Clinical Nurse Educators	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
33	PA10/106	9-Feb 2011	Data in relation to expenditure on health promotion activities	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
32	PA10/105	14 Feb 2010	Correspondence to and from Member for Monaro	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
31	PA10/99	22 Feb 2010	Correspondence to and from Member for Port Macquarie	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
30	PA10/97	10 Jan 2010	List of all policy documents concerning Quality Insurance Program for Internal Audit and other audit/risk policy and procedure documents	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
29	PA10/81	4 Feb 2011	Hospital bed occupancy rates	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
28	PA10/80	4 Feb 2011	Hospital data on length of stay	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
27	PA10/72	21 Feb 2010	3 consultant's reports, Alcohol & Drug; Child Protection, Palliative Care	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
26	PA10/70	22 Dec 2010	Information relating to the number of patients classified as "Not Ready for Care" broken down by Area Health Service	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
25	PA10/69	4 Feb 2011	Documents concerning recruitment of overseas doctors	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
24	PA10/64	22 Dec 2010	New employment of non-frontline staff	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
23	PA10/62	15 Dec 2010	List of external audits conducted in the last 18 months by external consultants	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
22	PA10/61	21 Dec 2010	Information regarding asbestos in public hospitals	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
21	PA10/60	29 Nov 2010	Documents concerning Water Street Private Hospital licence application	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
20	PA10/59	29 Nov 2010	Documents concerning Water Street Private Hospital licence application	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
19	PA10/52	21 Dec 2010	Documents concerning Tamworth Hospital redevelopment	Partial access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
18	PA10/32	3 Dec 2010	Data regarding occupied and available beds across NSW Health	Full access granted	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
17	PA10/49	24 November 2010	Information regarding the rehabilitation of the Bathurst Hospital Heritage Building.	Released with deletions	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
16	PA10/46	22 October 2010	Publication titled Review of NSW Health Policies, Programs, Services and other activities related to Child Protection which was produced for NSW Health by Jan McClelland and Associates.	Full release	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
15	PA10/51	21 October 2010	Information relating to the reconfiguration of maternity services on the Northern Beaches from 1 January 2009 to 21 September 2010.	Released with deletions	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
14	PA10/33	18 October 2010	Documents relating to $150,000 announced in June 2010 for planning works for the Parkes and Forbes Hospitals	Released with deletions	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
13	PA10/30	18 October 2010	Requests for work, instructions for work, work orders or scope of work directed to Alan McCarroll and work completed (or works currently in progress) by him from 1 January 2009 to date.	Released with deletions	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
12	PA10/25	18 October 2010	Information that details the number of people on the Enable NSW waiting list from 1 July 2008 to the present. This waiting list should be broken down by: Month Program of Appliances for Disabled People (PADP) Prosthetic Limb Service (PSL) and Home Respiratory Program (HRP)	Full release	Available online (link to documents: Released Document
11	PA10/37	11 October 2010	Information regarding Port Macquarie Base Hospital's Strategic Procurement Plan/Project Definition Plan announced in August 2010	Released with deletions	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
10	PA10/27	8 October 2010	Drug overdoses attended by ambulance by remoteness from service centres for financial year 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 and the number of overdoses in the Sydney Local Government Area.	Full release	Available online (link to documents: Released Document
9	PA10/31	5 October 2010	Revenue Budget and Actual Performance for year ending 30 June 2005, 30 June 2006, 30 June 2007, 30 June 2008, 30 June 2009 and 30 June 2010	Full release	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
8	PA10/22	27 September 2010	HAI Indicators quarterly rates, actual numbers of instances and denominator for each hospital regarding: 1: Adult ICU associated centrally inserted CLAB infections 2: Adult ICU associated peripherally inserted CLAB infections 3: Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (hospital acquired) 4: Surgical site infections following hip arthroplasty 5: Surgical site infections following knee arthroplasty 6: Surgical site infections following coronary artery bypass grafts 7: Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus acquisition 8: Meropenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii acquisition	Full release	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
7	PA10/12	27 September 2010	HAI Indicators quarterly rates, actual numbers of instances and denominator for each hospital Ala to Cl (53 facilities) regarding: 1: Adult ICU associated centrally inserted CLAB infections 2: Adult ICU associated peripherally inserted CLAB infections 3: Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (hospital acquired) 4: Surgical site infections following hip arthroplasty 5: Surgical site infections following knee arthroplasty 6: Surgical site infections following coronary artery bypass grafts 7: Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus acquisition 8: Meropenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii acquisition	Full release	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
6	PA10/45	20 September 2010	Report – Incident Management in NSW Public Health System – released bi-annually.	Information publicly available – applicant referred to website	Access these reports here
5	PA10/6	16 August 2010	Reports on `lost' or `stolen' medication from NSW hospitals during 2009	Released with deletions	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
4	PA10/11	13 August 2010	Full time equivalent number of Medical Staff and Nursing staff by Area Health Service – July 2008 to June 2010	Full release	Available online (link to documents: Released Document
3	PA10/17	6 September 2010	Surgery dashboard for each month of 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010	Full release	All released information available. For access please contact the Right to Information Unit. T: 9391 9565 or Email us
2	PA10/5	27 July 2010	Percentage of surgical procedures cancelled on day of surgery for all reasons for period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2009	Full release	Available online (link to documents: Released Document
1	PA10/3	19 July 2010	Medically Supervised Injecting Centre Quarterly Reports for : August 2009 to October 2009, November 2009 to January 2010 and February 2010 to May 2010	Full release	Available online (link to documents: Report_34, Report_35, Report_36)

List of stolen or lost medication reported by NSW hospitals to NSW Health during 2009
The information refers to public and private hospital data.
List of stolen or lost medication reported by NSW hospitals to NSW Health during 2003-2008
The information refers to public and private hospital data.
Drug Education Material Intended for Young People Review Project Report
PADP average waiting times/cost for appliances as at 31/12/09

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