On his last day at the Southern District Health Board
yesterday, chief executive Brian Rousseau caught up with
health reporter Elspeth McLean to reflect on more than eight
years in his roles at the Otago, Southland and Southern
boards.
The Southern
District Health Board would be well placed to take advantage
of any move to make clinical research a front-line activity
for all district health boards, chief executive Brian
Rousseau says.
Proposals suggesting tighter
access to the Lakes District Hospital in Frankton from July
and a new public-private health centre to eventually replace
the cash-strapped hospital could face a rocky road to
realisation.
The Southland District Health Board could sell land at the
Lakes District Hospital site in Frankton to finance its
redevelopment plans, board chief executive Brian Rousseau
said yesterday.
Health Minister Tony Ryall accepts that delaying cuts to
housework help to some elderly people in Otago and Southland
will mean the district health boards will take longer to
balance their books.
Some elderly people will still have telephone interviews
under the Otago and Southland District Health Boards' revised
plan to introduce cuts to housework assistance.
Otago and Southland district health boards' chief executive
Brian Rousseau had a pay increase last financial year to lift
his salary to between $470,000 and $480,000.
