30 Jun 2017
George (Entitlement to Surgery s 67 and Schedule1)
- Citation
- [2017] NZACC 73
- Court
- District Court
On the facts and contemporaneous medical evidence the Corporation's decisions were reasonable: further pain management in November 2015 was not necessary or appropriate given extensive prior unsuccessful programmes and claimant non‑engagement and the decision to decline elective surgery in August 2015 was justified by the balance of specialist opinions that surgery was unlikely to be beneficial and posed significant risk given central sensitisation and mental health comorbidities; the appeal is dismissed though the fact surgery later occurred in the public system does not automatically render…