Eileen Goodwin

"Outrage and anger" are the dominant feelings of southern radiographers who have declared a 24-hour strike in support of northern members suspended for taking industrial action, southern union organiser Bernadette Gourley says.

The Southern District Health Board risked getting into a "stoush" if a rural maternity review was not handled correctly, warned two board members at yesterday's disability support and community and public health advisory committee meeting in Dunedin.

Receiving 92 replies to the Warrington boy racer survey was an impressively large response, Waikouaiti Coast Community Board chairman Alasdair Morrison says.

A suggestion in a medical magazine that cardiac services at Dunedin are under threat appears to be speculation, says Southern District Health Board (SDHB) chief executive Brian Rousseau.