Disclosure Log 2020-2021
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Redacted information in the linked documents without a redaction code is information discussed with and agreed by the applicant as being irrelevant.
1 July 2020–30 June 2021
| Ref number | Valid application date | Information Requested | Status | Name of applicant | Outcome of application | Links |
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Ref number | Valid application date | Information Requested | Status | Name of applicant | Outcome of application | Links |
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| 1629/21 | 19/01/2021 | Documents, specifically reports, ministerial/executive briefing notes and attachments, audits, reviews, and correspondence relating to patients dying while in the emergency department or waiting to get into the emergency department (ie. in an ambulance). Limit to unexpected deaths and those not admitted. Exclude DNR. Provide category of patient and how long they waited. Date range: 01 January 2019 – 19 January 2021 | Finalised | Seven Network | 9 pages - Full release | 1629/21 |
| 1630/21 | 20/02/2021 | The Business Case for Significant Organisational Change that was published by Queensland Shared Services and circulated around 06 March 2019. All documents concerning the consultation process following the publication of the above mentioned Business Case | Finalised | Member of the public |
169 pages - Full release (The applicant agreed to remove work mobile telephone numbers of Queensland Health staff as irrelevant). | 1630/21 |
| 1661/21 | 28/01/2021 | All records/minutes/scientific publications/internal memos/documents relevant SARS-CoV2/COVID19 related questions Date range: 01 January - 28 January 2021 | Finalised | Member of the public | Refused to deal in accordance with section 41 of the RTI Act – Effect on agency’s or Minister’s functions. | |
| 1678/21 | 03/02/2021 | All reports, ministerial/executive briefing notes and attachments, and correspondence (please limit searches for correspondence to the Director-General only) relating to the Opioid Substitution Treatment Trial. Date range: 1 July 2020 to 3 February 2021 | Finalised | Seven Network | 14 pages - Full release | 1678/21 |
| 1679/21 | 03/02/2021 |
Documents that the Chief Health Officer considered in making her decisions to: (a) issue Border restrictions Direction (No 5); and (b) not revoke or vary Border restrictions Direction (No 5). | Finalised | Arnold Bloch Leibler |
1922 pages - Full release 1 page - Contextual information (The applicant agreed to remove email addresses, work mobile telephone numbers, direct phone lines and names of Junior Officers from other jurisdictions as irrelevant.) | 1679/21-001 1679/21-002-01 1679/21-002-02 1679/21-002-03 1679/21-002-04 |
| 1713/21 | 15/02/2021 | Quarantine hotels undergoing assessments for the purpose of reviewing their suitability for the quarantine program, including by hotel engineers providing advice about ventilation. Date range: February 2020 to February 2021 | Finalised | ABC Network |
27 pages - Full release (irrelevant information, mobile phone numbers, removed) 1 page - Explanatory notes | 1713/21-001 1713/21-002 1713/21-003 |
| 1744/21 | 23/02/2021 | Information compiled in a spreadsheet detailing; the number of COVID-19 exemptions granted for someone to quarantine outside hotel quarantine, where the incoming person had travelled from, the reason for granting the exemption, where the incoming person was allowed to quarantine (ie. at home, at a hotel of their choice) and a date. | Finalised | The Courier Mail | No documents | |
| 1750/21 | 11/03/2021 | 000 calls related to a shark attack on 24 October 2020 near Britomart Reef | Finalised | Hit+Run Creative | Full release - Audio file (6 mins 38 secs) available on request by emailing rti-privacy@health.qld.gov.au | |
| 1758/21 | 01/03/2021 | Total government expenditure involved both direct and indirect in legal costs related to Senior Medical Officer Emergency Department (ED25) allowance (Emergency Department Specialty Allowance) industrial disputes since 2017. Provide internal departmental costings and external legal consultancy fees. Include estimated costs of upcoming disputes as well. All emails and correspondence related to ED25 relating to expenditure. all consultancy fees in this matter. | Finalised | Dr Wayne Shipley | 104 pages - Full access | 1758/21-001 1758/21-002 |
| 1767/21 | 02/03/2021 | System generated reports outlining for Metro South, Metro North and Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service: 1.Number of times a patient was administered incorrect type of drug/medication Date range: 01 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 | Finalised | Nine Network |
4 pages - Full release 3 pages - Explanatory note provided (The applicant agreed to remove confidential/personal information, unique identifiers, coronial information) | 1767/21 |
| 1772/21 | 02/03/2021 | Documents, specifically reports, ministerial/executive briefings and attachments, and Executive Meeting minutes, relating to hospital parking revenue, including how much is retained by the Department, and parking discounts including the number and value of discounts awarded. Please also include documents showing details of fines issued by parking inspectors. Date range: The past three financial years inclusive (2018/19; 2019/20, and 2020/21 so far or for 2019, 2020, and 2021 (so far) mutually exclusively. | Finalised | Seven Network | 512 pages - Full release | 1772/21-001 1772/21-002 |
| 1777/21 | 03/03/2021 | Communications and consultation submissions from commercial food and beverage organisations to Queensland Health in relation to the National Obesity Strategy Date range: September 2019 - April 2020 | Finalised | Deakin University | 659 pages - Full release | 1777/21-001 1777/21-002 1777/21-003 |
| 1777/21 | 03/03/2021 | Communications and consultation submissions from commercial food and beverage organisations to Queensland Health in relation to the National Obesity Strategy Date range: September 2019 - April 2020 | In Progress | |||
| 1803/21 | 10/03/2021 |
1.) The safe level or recommended level of prisoner to nurse ratios for all public prisons in Queensland. 2.) The prisoner to nurse ratios in all public prisons in Queensland. 3.) The prisoner to patient ratio in all public prisons in Queensland. 4.) The composition of nurses i.e. the skill mix for all public prisons in Queensland. The skill mix means different nurse skill levels, such as clinical nurses, registered nurses, enrolled nurses etc. 5.) The total number of occupied bed days in 30 days at the Lotus Glenn facility and the vacancy rate of beds in 30 days at the Lotus Glenn facility. Date range: 01 January 2020 - 10 March 2021 | Finalised | Nurses Professional Association of Queensland |
2 pages - Full release 4 pages - Post application document 2 pages - Contextual information (The applicant agreed to removal of privileged information such as Cabinet documents) | 1803/21-001 1803/21-002 1803/21-003 |
| 1823/21 | 16/03/2021 | All documents containing advice given to the office of the Health Minister and/or Minister relating to the expected and/or actual number of abortions in the state since decriminalisation in 2018 ( the passing of the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018). Date range: March 2020 - March 2021 | Finalised | Cherish Life Queensland | 13 pages - Full release | 1823/21 |
| 1824/21 | 16/03/2021 | All documents and / or reports given to the Health Minister's Office relating to specific numbers of surgical and medical abortions in the state since decriminalisation 2018 (passing of Queensland's Termination of Pregnancy Act) and whether there has been a rise or fall in numbers since then, including but not limited to numbers provided by the state Health Department. Date range: March 2020 - March 2021 | Finalised | Cherish Life Queensland |
13 pages - Full release (Mobile phone numbers, documents which attract cabinet, parliamentary or legal professional privilege plus the names and contact details of journalists have been removed as irrelevant) | 1824/21 |
| 1865/21 | 29/03/2021 | QAS response to the flexible work provisions of the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , in particular, the centralised process which commenced on 7 December 2020, including minutes of meetings, summary of strategy papers and research documents. Internal emails and notes of any discussions having a bearing on the current centralised process for implementation of flexible work arrangements. Date range: 2020 - 2021 Revised Scope: Documents regarding the QAS centralised working arrangement as follows: | Finalised | Member of the public |
46 pages - Full release (The applicant agreed to remove details of employees on flexible work arrangements and the mobile telephone number of a QAS employee) | 1865/21-001 1865/21-002 |
| 1869/21 | 31/03/2021 | Ministerial briefing notes and attachments, reports, correspondence such as emails and text messages, relating to hospital staff working in the COVID wards being vaccinated. Please limit searches to the Chief Health Officer, Director-General, Deputy Directors-General. Date range: 01 February 2021 - 31 March 2021 | Finalised | Seven Network |
67 Pages - Full release (The applicant agreed to remove mobile phone numbers, direct lines, personal information, exact duplicate information or repetitive email changes, draft documents) | 1869/21-001 1869/21-002 |
| 1874/21 | 31/03/2021 | Documents from Pathology Queensland regarding staff shortages or insufficient resources in the Coroner's Office, failures or delays in relation to the issuing or finalisation of death certificates or post mortem waiting times, room for body storage, documents discussing which staff will be vaccinated against COVID. Date range: 01 January 2021 - 31 March 2021 | Finalised | Seven Network | Refused access – documents nonexistent or unlocatable in accordance with sections 47(3)(e) and 52(1(a) of the RTI Act. | |
| 1880/21 | 31/03/2021 | Data breakdown of COVID-19 cases indicating the distribution of active cases between each hospital in Queensland during the month of March 2020. Data breakdown of COVID-19 cases indicating the distribution of active cases between each hospital in Queensland during the month of April 2020. Data breakdown of COVID-19 cases indicating the distribution of active cases between each hospital in Queensland during the month of May 2020. Date range: March 2020 - June 2020 | Finalised | Withdrawn by applicant | ||
| 1927/21 | 15/04/2021 |
Documents between 1 February 2021 & 15 April 2021 between the Head of the Department of Health Media/Comms unit and the Chief Health Officer regarding the handling of media requests made by the 7 Network. Date range: 01 February 2021 - 15 April 2021 | In Progress | |||
| 1964/21 | 23/04/2021 | Requests to the Queensland Health Minister from QldPol requesting information held in the integrated electronic medical record on any individuals holding, or applying for, firearm licences. Date range: 2010 - present | Finalised | National Shooting Council | Deemed access decision | |
| 1965/21 | 27/04/2021 | Medical advice provided to the Minister and Cabinet related to the 29 March 2021 COVID-19 lockdown of Brisbane that justifies the Chief Health Officers actions. | Finalised | Member of the public |
No documents located 1 page - Contextual information provided | 1965/21 |
| 2005/21 | 06/05/2021 | 1. Qualitative and Quantitative risk assessments listing all risk statements, inherent risk assessments, proposed controls including and outlining how each risk control was determined by analysis and evaluation using ISO31000 and containing details of the hierarchy of control and the effectiveness of each control and the residual risk rating along with the accountable / responsible person for each risk. 2. The overarching COVID-19 risk register 3. The COVID Safe plan from June 2020 for QLD Health. 4. The activities that cover; Date range: 01 January 2020 - 01 May 2021 Revised Scope: COVID-19 risks held in the Riskman system, including fields outlining actions to control COVID-19, based on the hierarchy of control, to control actual, speculative and/or perceived risks. Date range: 01 January 2020 - 01 May 2021 | Finalised | Member of the public |
3 Pages - Full release 1 Page - Explanatory notes | 2005/21 |
| 2029/21 | 17/05/2021 | Queensland Ambulance Service executive summaries for 'Serious incident reviews' indicating where there has been a fatality and a delay of more than 5 minutes for an ambulance to be dispatched. | Finalised | Channel Nine |
6 pages - Full release 6 pages - Part release (The applicant agreed to remove personal information as irrelevant) | 2029/21 |