Role of the doctor reviewed
Role of the doctor reviewed
A consensus statement on the role of the doctor in New Zealand advocates partnership with patients rather than the "doctor knows best" approach.
Elspeth McLean
Animal studies may shed light on human obesity
Animal studies may shed light on human obesity
Studies of other animals' feeding behaviour may help explain why humans are susceptible to obesity in the modern environment, internationally recognised nutritional ecologist Prof David Raubenheimer says.
$120 Elton John seats tipped to sell fast
$120 Elton John seats tipped to sell fast
The last few hundred tickets for the Dunedin Elton John concert on the eve of the general election are expected to be snapped up when they go on sale for $120 each tomorrow morning.
Health board commended for vaccination figures
Health board commended for vaccination figures
The Southern District Health Board has been praised by the National Health Board for its "tremendous achievement" in exceeding the national target last year for preschool vaccinations.
My euthanasia T-shirt would say 'It's not simple, stupid'
My euthanasia T-shirt would say 'It's not simple, stupid'
I get a little impatient with those who would have us believe the euthanasia debate can be reduced to a slogan on a T-shirt.
Reports too brief for Thomson
Reports too brief for Thomson
Reports before the Southern District Health Board have become so brief and general he cannot do his job as a board member, Richard Thomson says.
Dunedin gets first glimpse of national history tapestry
Dunedin gets first glimpse of national history tapestry
The Otago Daily Times will feature in a nationwide embroidery project depicting the history of New Zealand in more than 100 panels.
Only SDHB questioned funding rule: Ryall
Only SDHB questioned funding rule: Ryall
The Southern District Health Board has been alone in raising issues nationally about population-based health funding in the past two years, Health Minister Tony Ryall suggests.
Campaign for healthy blokes
Campaign for healthy blokes
The "Milton Hilton" features in the documentary made by Bulls GP Dr Dave Baldwin as part of his campaign to improve the health of New Zealand men.
Proposal may resolve dispute
Proposal may resolve dispute
A new proposal which could resolve the industrial dispute between community health service Pact and 200 of its employees will be considered by the relevant union members in the next week or so.
Thomson firm over criticism
Thomson firm over criticism
Southern District Health Board member Richard Thomson has dismissed criticism of his call for the sickest patients to be seen first regardless of where they live, saying senior doctors' union executive director Ian Powell has missed the point.
Scanner ruling not board's: chairman
Scanner ruling not board's: chairman
The decision on where an inland Otago CT scanner should be located must be made by the Queenstown and Central Otago communities and is not the Southern District Health Board's problem, chairman Joe Butterfield says.
Thomson calls for equality in health
Thomson calls for equality in health
It is not right Dunedin people may be getting treatment ahead of sicker people in Southland when there is one district health board serving the whole region, Richard Thomson says.
Only one neurosurgeon for a time
Only one neurosurgeon for a time
Dunedin Hospital was down to a lone neurosurgeon "for a period of time" earlier this year, but support from locums and neurosurgeons elsewhere in the country enabled it to cope, Southern District Health Board's hospitals' advisory committee was told yesterday.
Charity seeks poetic input
Charity seeks poetic input
A Poetry competition being held by Dunedin-based charity Poems in the Waiting Room (NZ) should become an annual event.
SDHB employee paid $820k-plus
SDHB employee paid $820k-plus
One health professional employed by the Southern District Health Board was paid between $820,000 and $830,000 last financial year, the board's annual report shows.
SDHB $2m ahead of budget
SDHB $2m ahead of budget
The Southern District Health Board could end the year about $4 million ahead of budget, finance and funding general manager Robert Mackway-Jones says.
UK surgeon appointed to neuro service
UK surgeon appointed to neuro service
The second permanent neurosurgeon appointment has been made to the Dunedin node of the South Island Neurosurgery Service.
Support for Harbour Cone plan
Support for Harbour Cone plan
Public consultation on the draft management plan for the Dunedin City Council's 328ha Harbour Cone block has yielded 40 submissions, most of them supportive.
Casting politics aside to celebrate long friendship
Casting politics aside to celebrate long friendship
The scene should have been awesome, in the original sense of that much-abused word.