The commissioner running the Southern District Health Board will have her term extended under special legislation introduced to Parliament today, Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has announced.
Auckland District Health Board's chief medical officer has been named as the final member of the politically appointed group guiding the Dunedin Hospital redevelopment.
The rate of carer no-shows at one of Southern District Health Board's home support providers reflects communication problems that have been fixed, the Australian-based provider says.
As physiotherapist for the Silver Ferns, Sharon Kearney seeks to make the sport as safe as possible, drawing on her University of Otago master' degree. But her entry to elite netball came about through living and working in Dunedin, rather than her studies, Eileen Goodwin writes.
New Zealand GPs will be able to provide better care for chronic kidney disease patients with a programme developed in Dunedin, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said at the official launch at Dunedin Hospital this week.
Culturing ''mini-guts'' from stem cells to treat Crohn's disease has potential to cure the disease in some patients, University of Otago physiology research student Safina Gadeock says.
United Future leader Peter Dunne has hit out at the Government over its revised Resource Management Act reforms, questioning the ''real agenda'' and whether it is a ''smokescreen'' to water down environmental protections.
Dunedin has been selected as a settlement city for Syrian refugees after vocal support from the Dunedin City Council.
The commissioner team running the Southern District Health Board racked up nearly $120,000 in fees and expenses in three months, an Official Information Act response shows.
By not supporting its house officers, the Southern District Health Board failed its patients, as well as its ''newest doctors'', the New Zealand Resident Doctors' Association says.
In another blow for the embattled Southern District Health Board, it has failed an inspection for accreditation to train house officers.
A charity house auction in Dunedin has raised $100,000, and the proceeds will benefit causes in Otago.
In a nod to Spain's La Tomatina festival, Kavanagh College pupils (from left) Leon Miyahara (14), Rebecca O'Neill (13) and Julian Manti (14) fling tinned tomatoes at their fellow pupils in an event on Saturday, organised by Spanish teacher Armadeo Enriquez-Ballestero.
The obesity debate can be frustrating for diabetics, as it has increased stigma around the disease, Diabetes New Zealand president Deb Connor says.
It was supposed to be a pre-baby break relaxing and walking the dog at Lake Hawea. But Timaru couple Nicola and Brent Prue's plans abruptly changed when Mrs Prue went into labour with son Angus, who was born last Tuesday, at 33 weeks' gestation.
The need to commission yet more expensive planning work at Southern District Health Board is evidence of leadership in the style of Fawlty Towers, senior doctors' union head Ian Powell says.
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The Dunedin Hospital upgrade is ''being used as an opportunity'' to review Southern District Health Board's hospital services, a Government contract document says.
The case of an employee who viewed the medical records of friends and employees is one of at least seven privacy breaches investigated at Southern District Health Board this year.
Possesing ''strong views'' on increasing the prominence of women in politics helped Kelly Stitely (17) nab a spot in the 2016 Youth Parliament.
Officials advised Health Minister Jonathan Coleman to steer commissioner Kathy Grant away from ''distractions'', and urged the importance of reinforcing a ''no surprises'' rule, as the Government was learning of Dunedin Hospital's woes from media.
