Department of Health(DOH)

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your request dated yesterday, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You have requested the NEUROSURGEONS

I am pleased to inform you that your FOI request has been approved. Visit the Human Resource for Health (HRH) Statistics through PowerBI (

http://tinyurl.com/HRHPHStat

) for their reference. This dashboard contains information on the number of health workers and their areas of practice from years 2016 to 2023. Please feel free to utilize this resource at your convenience. Please be informed that we can only provide this information as we do not gather information on specialization of Doctors, including neurosurgeons. We ask that you coordinate with the Philippine Neurological Association for this data request Thank you

Your right to request a review

If you are dissatisfied with our response to your FOl request, you have the option to request an internal review. To initiate this process, kindly submit your written appeal for review addressed to the Central Appeals and Review Committee (CARC) at [email protected]. Please provide a detailed explanation of your dissatisfaction with our response within 15 calendar days from the date of receiving this response. We will conduct the review and communicate the outcome within 30 calendar days from the receipt of your review request. Should you remain unsatisfied with the review outcome, you retain the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Officer

Department of Health