Extent of aged care nurse shortage revealed
Extent of aged care nurse shortage revealed
A chronic aged residential care nurse shortage has left almost two-thirds of southern facilities without their required number of registered nurses.
Mike Houlahan
Redundancy appeal unplanned: union
Redundancy appeal unplanned: union
The University of Otago’s appeal for voluntary redundancies is scattershot and unplanned, the staff union says.
Tech to aid vaccination outreach
Tech to aid vaccination outreach
Southern general practices and medical centres have started using a new tool which will help them identify patients who have yet to receive the Covid-19 vaccination.
Invercargill invoked to question Govt’s plan
Invercargill invoked to question Govt’s plan
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Judith Collins clashed in Parliament yesterday on the question of why Invercargill is at Alert Level 2.
Cancer reassessments clear after botch-up
Cancer reassessments clear after botch-up
All women whose BreastScreen Otago Southland mammograms were referred for an urgent reassessment following a botched initial reading have been cleared of having cancer.
Contractors sought for hospital
Contractors sought for hospital
The Ministry of Health is advertising for a main contractor and facade contractor for the new Dunedin Hospital outpatient building.
Initiative to make homes drier, safer able to resume
Initiative to make homes drier, safer able to resume
A project aimed at making southern homes warmer and drier is back on track after a delay related to Covid-19.
5m vaccines given, 1.7m fully covered
5m vaccines given, 1.7m fully covered
The team of five million has now had five million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
South’s long-term virus battle plan taking shape
South’s long-term virus battle plan taking shape
The Covid-19 pandemic is not over, but Southern health officials are already planning for how to deliver health care when the coronavirus has become an endemic disease, health reporter Mike...
Emergency MIQ refused for mariner
Emergency MIQ refused for mariner
A Southern sailor has been stranded at sea for more than 100 days, unable to get back to New Zealand because he cannot obtain an emergency quarantine spot.
Supermarket report granted extension
Supermarket report granted extension
The Commerce Commission has been granted an extension to finalise its report on competition in the supermarket sector.
Research into vaccination rates continuing
Research into vaccination rates continuing
Scientists who this week released modelling of how differing vaccination levels could affect Covid-19 case numbers in New Zealand are now working on a more detailed piece of work which could...
Simmonds shows she is finding her feet
Simmonds shows she is finding her feet
For many MPs, Tuesday was their first time back at Parliament for several weeks.
Staying at Level 2 having ‘deep, irrevocable impact’
Staying at Level 2 having ‘deep, irrevocable impact’
National's South Island MPs have joined forces to ask Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to explain why the island is at Covid-19 Alert Level 2.
Mental health tool to be assessed
Mental health tool to be assessed
Two years after the southern mental health service introduced mental health advance preference statements (Maps), it is about to evaluate how successful they have been.
‘Marked increase’ in anxiety during lockdown
‘Marked increase’ in anxiety during lockdown
The latest Covid-19 lockdown has affected the mental health of Southerners and been especially hard for young people, clinicians say.
Chathams conundrum keeps legislators busy
Chathams conundrum keeps legislators busy
While Covid-19 has seen the legislative work of Parliament largely fall by the wayside, select committees have still been hard at work, both via Zoom meetings and through drafting of reports.
South leading for first shots
South leading for first shots
The South’s Covid-19 vaccination rollout has hit top gear, and the region is leading the country in numbers of people who have had the first of their two shots of the Pfizer vaccine.
Collins confident of retaining National leadership
Collins confident of retaining National leadership
National leader Judith Collins says she is absolutely confident she will remain at the helm of her party.
Leading the charge for nurses
Leading the charge for nurses
Dunedin nurse Anne Daniels is the new president of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, one of the country’s most high-profile and most fractured unions. She talks to health reporter Mike Houlahan.