CMDHB CME Expenditure

I write in response to your Official Information Act request, received by us 5 August 2020, requesting the following information:  

1. How much money was left unspent by year from Senior Medical Officers CME allocation in the years 2016-2020? Please provide this total for all departments, and breakdown for general medicine, paediatrics, accident and emergency, women’s health, anaesthesia, orthopaedics, general and vascular surgery, plastic and burns surgery, ophthalmic and ENT surgery, psychiatry

2. Of the total amount above which was left unspent, please provide details of what the DHB used this money for/what happened to the unspent money, for each of the years 2016-2020.

3. For each of the departments listed - (general medicine, paediatrics, accident and emergency, women's health, anaesthesia, orthopaedics, general and vascular surgery, plastic and burns surgery, ophthalmic and ENT surgery, psychiatry) please provide the minimum and maximum (ie range) of single reimbursement claims for both information technology (IT) related, and non IT related CME items for each of the years 2016-20. (The total cost of the individual claim may of course cover more than one item) - (e.g., general medicine, $350-$5000)

4. Please provide the total number of applications for IT and non IT related CME reimbursement claims for each of the departments listed above for the years 2016-2020

5. Please provide the total number of applications for IT and non IT related CME claims which were declined for reimbursement for the years 2016-2020, please breakdown by department as listed above. For these claims which were declined for the years 2016-20, please provide the following information.

1. The reason for declining the CME reimbursement
2. The cost of the claim
3. The department
4. The level of the person declining the claim (service manager, head of department, or other person)

6.  For all applications for the years 2016-2020 please provide the number of CME reimbursement claims which have been referred to the CMO for decision. Please provide reasons for why the claim would have been referred, and if the number which were approved or declined. Breakdown by department please.

Files

• CMDHB Financial Expenditure and Budgets