Health board's flexibility gives pharmacy options
Health board's flexibility gives pharmacy options
The Catlins Pharmacy in Owaka may stay open, because the Southern District Health Board is no longer insisting it open five days a week.
Elspeth McLean
Patient experiences subject of research
Patient experiences subject of research
The health services experience of patients with complex chronic conditions will be studied by University of Otago researcher Dr Sarah Derrett in her year-long visit to the United States as a Harkness Fellow.
New village welcomes first residents
New village welcomes first residents
Twenty-five former Glamis Hospital residents shifted into the new $18 million Yvette Williams retirement village in Highgate, Dunedin, yesterday.
Few details for Health Board
Few details for Health Board
Southern District Health Board members are not likely to have detailed costings of the various options when they make their initial decision on Wakatipu health services.
DHB to fund accelerator
DHB to fund accelerator
The Southern District Health Board will fund a $6 million replacement linear accelerator itself this year, if it gets Government approval.
Chairman inquires into board cashflow
Chairman inquires into board cashflow
The Southern District Health Board should not be hoarding cash that might be used to provide needed improvements to services, chairman Joe Butterfield says.
Government clear on improved services: Ryall
Government clear on improved services: Ryall
The Government has made it clear it considers improved health services for the people of Queenstown are needed and the Southern District Health Board should start providing them, Health Minister Tony Ryall says.
Delay not expected to set board back
Delay not expected to set board back
The South Island Neurosurgical Service Board missed its meeting in Christchurch last month because it was scheduled a day after the earthquake.
Referrals returned to doctors
Referrals returned to doctors
Demand for Dunedin Hospital orthopaedic appointments means referrals for routine conditions are no longer being accepted.
Changes not 'fait accompli'
Changes not 'fait accompli'
The Southern District Health Board has not made up its mind on the proposals for health-service changes in the Queenstown area, board member Neville Cook says.
Symposium honours work of Prof Skegg
Symposium honours work of Prof Skegg
The most important aspect of his "very fortunate" first 63 years has had nothing to do with work, but with family and his marriage, University of Otago vice-chancellor Prof Sir David Skegg said.
Scope for researchers
Scope for researchers
It is disappointing more work is not being done to understand how pregnancy and breast-feeding protect women against breast cancer, leading University of Oxford epidemiologist Dame Valerie Beral says.
Scan waiting times halved by attrition
Scan waiting times halved by attrition
Twenty-month waiting times for public routine MRI scans in Otago have been halved through a combination of private scanning and removing from the waiting list patients who had already gone elsewhere.
PHO backs plans for health centre
PHO backs plans for health centre
Proposals for an integrated family health centre (IFHC) in the Wakatipu are supported by the Southern Primary Health Organisation, but it is not advocating any particular site.
New health service plan taking shape
New health service plan taking shape
Much of the initial work developing shared health services across the new Southern District Health Board has been completed and, now, it is time for the " hard yards", Vivian Blake says.
Financial impact on health services may be huge
Financial impact on health services may be huge
The Christchurch earthquake could have a huge financial impact on Southern District Health Board services, Paul Menzies says.
Student cases affect emergency department waits
Student cases affect emergency department waits
The length of stays in Dunedin Hospital's emergency department is affected "from time to time" by the number of students turning up with alcohol-related conditions, Southern District Health Board chief operations officer Vivian Blake says.
Keeping world's troubles from the family doorstep
Keeping world's troubles from the family doorstep
I have my suspicions about their motives, but some of my siblings have jokingly suggested that in the interests of world safety, perhaps I should stay well away from them.
SDHB scan waiting time plan held up
SDHB scan waiting time plan held up
A plan to reduce long waiting times for Southern District Health Board scans has been hampered by equipment failure and the impact of the earthquake emergency response.
Patient treatment progress criticised
Patient treatment progress criticised
Patients in greatest need may often not be the first to receive elective health attention, a draft auditor-general's report says.