Mike Houlahan

Health providers are urging older people to enrol in keep-fit classes as a way of preventing falls.

Business has been booming since Te Kaika, a new health centre in Caversham, opened.

Dunedin Hospital’s emergency department is changing procedures in an attempt to reduce long waiting times.

Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand is to go in to "hibernation", but chairman Martin London is pessimistic about the organisation’s prospects of survival.

The board of the Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand meets urgently today to consider the organisation's future after failing to secure a promise of taxpayer funding.

Government proposals to reform the polytechnic sector should not come at the cost of high-performing schools such as Otago Polytechnic, its chief executive Phil Ker says.

Private and public investors, including Ngai Tahu, should consider putting money into housing developments for workers employed to build the new Dunedin Hospital, rebuild convener Pete Hodgson says.

The future of Lumsden Maternity Centre remains under consideration, but 5100 people have already made up their minds it should remain open.

Work on initiatives aimed at improving health services for rural areas has been paused while the Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand fights for its own survival.

The southern region is so prepared to implement the national bowel screening programme that it could have started yesterday, programme leader Jason Hill says.

Otago retailers are counting the dollars after a record-setting Easter weekend.

Plans to announce the new site for Dunedin hospital this week have been delayed.

A new study of Maori and Pacific patients in Dunedin has confirmed their high-risk statistics for obesity, and for suffering multiple health problems.

Health system managers are "constantly patching a leaky roof" and the way the sector is organised needs to change, University of Otago Dean of Commerce Robin Gauld says.

A family journey which began in the Scottish borders in 1861  paused for reflection in Waikouaiti on Saturday.

The final stitches were sewn in the life of Jenny Webb, a teacher described as part of the tapestry of Queen’s High School, at a memorial in the school hall on Saturday.

The professional organisation representing radiologists has "strongly encouraged" the Southern District Health Board to regain accreditation for Dunedin Hospital’s radiology services.