Mike Houlahan

 The Southern District Health Board is yet to spend most of $20 million given to it more than two years ago for earthquake strengthening Dunedin Hospital buildings.

Southern general practices are ready to dispense Covid-19 boosters and influenza vaccinations after the Government yesterday authorised expanded criteria for each injection.

Parliament had one of those rare situations on Wednesday when almost every MP voted in favour of a Bill, but almost all of them were unhappy about it.

The looming health reforms represent a time of change and a time of opportunity for the southern primary health organisation WellSouth, chief executive Andrew Swanson-Dobbs tells health reporter...

Dunedin's one-stop-shop health provider Te Kaika has suddenly replaced its chief executive.

Covid-19 case numbers remain stubbornly high in Waitaki but have dropped markedly in Gore, newly released figures show.

The number of southerners in hospital with Covid-19 has doubled in the past week.

The much maligned southern colonoscopy service is in good shape prior to the advent of Health New Zealand, the independent clinician chairing its oversight group says.

Southern hospitals are treating more complex patients who are having to remain in hospital longer to recover.

Traffic plans for the outpatient building of the new Dunedin hospital need to consider the impact the entire $1.47 billion project could have on the city’s traffic, a report says.

Obituary of Stanley Joseph Rodger, politician.

Last weekend’s Green Party Deep South provincial annual general meeting certainly gave special guest, list MP Teanau Tuiono (pictured), a taste of the region.

Gore is the new Covid-19 capital of the South, but no-one really knows why.

Dunedin Hospital’s 8Med ward has been closed by a Covid-19 infection for the second time in a fortnight.

The soon-to-be former Southern District Health Board could be replaced by 10 or more localities when the ongoing reform of the health system is complete.

Waitaki Covid-19 case numbers have remained stubbornly high in recent weeks.

The Southern District Health Board has apologised after doctors failed to diagnose a woman had cancer, despite her coming to hospital with bleeding three times in two and a-half months.

SOUTHERN lung cancer patients rarely receive vital tests and scans in a timely manner, newly published research suggests.