We would like to know the numbers of maternal birth injuries ACC claims made in Canterbury and what the breakdown is in terms of type of injury/read code. Eg 2nd v 3rd degree tears or any other injuries that fall under the MBI banner please.
Allowing better education of GPs, midwives, and physiotherapists in how to manage these women post-natally and around ante-natal education for prevention of such injuries
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20 May 2025 Kia ora Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-039916 Thank you for your request which was received by ACC on 6 May 2025, asking for the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act): "We would like to know the numbers of maternal birth injuries ACC claims made in Canterbury and what the breakdown is in terms of type of injury/read code. Eg 2nd v 3rd degree tears or any other injuries that fall under the MBI banner please." The information you’ve requested can be found here: https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/gov-039916-number-of-acc-claims-for-maternal-birth-injuries-in-canterbury We have provided information from 1 October 2022, when the new legislation on maternal birth injuries came into force. See the Accident Compensation (Maternal Birth Injury and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2022: www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2022/0051/latest/whole.html#LMS564282 Please refer to the notes and caveats in the attachment about the data used for your request. Some values in the tables only indicate that the claim count is fewer than four (denoted as <4). We are withholding specific values for those claims to limit the potential of individuals, or matters specific to individuals, from inadvertently being identified. This decision has been made under section 9(2)(a) of the Act. We consider that the public interest in this information does not outweigh the reasons for withholding it. As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, ACC may publish a copy of this response on ACC’s website. All requester data, including your name and contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released response will be made available www.acc.co.nz/resources/#/category/12. Please also view this page about making requests and our published responses https://www.acc.co.nz/contact/official-information-act-requests. If you have any questions about this response, please get in touch. You can email me at GovernmentServices@acc.co.nz. If you are not happy with this response, you can also contact the Ombudsman via info@ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. Ngā mihi Thomas Jackson, Manager Official Information Act Services, Government Engagement
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