Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ) holds information about medical treatment you received in a public hospital or healthcare facility, including:
'Clinical' means involving the medical treatment or medical testing of patients. Clinical records are records about a medical treatment, medical trial, or clinical test.
Hospitals are allowed to dispose of records after a period of time has passed:
For an adult (aged 16 years or over), clinical records (also known as medical records) can be disposed of:
For a child (under 16 years), clinical records can be disposed of:
Mental health records can be destroyed after 25 years of no changes to the records, or 10 years after the death of the patient.
If the information you want is old enough that it could have been disposed of, contact the Health NZ regional location where you received treatment. They can confirm whether the records are still available.
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