Elspeth McLean

Communication between some national health bodies over Dunedin Hospital's electronic prescribing pilot has been criticised by Dr Andrew Bowers.

A National Health Board call for Southern District Health Board to fast-track upgrading its Dunedin Hospital back-up generators has baffled staff who say the project's progress was known nationally.

A dead male elephant seal washed up on a beach north of Dunedin at the weekend. The fate of the elephant seal may be known later today.

An Otago-Southland campaign involving sex and the Rugby World Cup is promoting safety rather than abstention.

Club 81 may have been born in the year of the controversial Springbok tour, but its members were not likely to be talking about rugby.

The first neurosurgeon appointed to the Dunedin hub of the South Island Neurosurgical Service, Ahmad Taha had no plans to stay when he arrived a year ago, but admits to falling in love with the place and the people.

The first qualification in Australia and New Zealand for pharmacists who want to prescribe medicines will be offered through both Otago and Auckland universities.

Anyone interested in providing "dynamic leadership" to a "flagship organisation", the Southern District Health Board, has until next Monday to dust off their CV.

Medikidz comic books designed to help children understand medical conditions will be a great resource for Dunedin Hospital's paediatric ward, charge nurse manager Shirley Bell says.

It is the infrastructure at Dunedin Hospital which is not up to scratch, not the health professionals, Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Ian Powell says.

A new medium-secure regional intellectual disability unit being built at Wakari Hospital is expected to have its first patients by the end of this year.