Health board expects to buy neurosurgery equipment soon
Health board expects to buy neurosurgery equipment soon
The Southern District Health Board is likely to spend about $300,000 soon on new equipment for its neurosurgery service.
Elspeth McLean
Ryall creating fear: Greens
Ryall creating fear: Greens
Concern that Health Minister Tony Ryall is creating a climate of fear in the health sector has been raised by Green Party health spokesman and former district health board chief executive, Kevin Hague.
Hospital events 'no cause for alarm'
Hospital events 'no cause for alarm'
While the number of reported serious events involving death or injury to Otago patients almost doubled in the year to June, Southern District Health Board chief medical officer Richard Bunton says this is no cause for alarm.
World Health Organisation checklist in place
World Health Organisation checklist in place
The wrong patient got the right treatment in one of the serious adverse events reported by the Otago District Health Board last year, but the situation should not happen again.
Forgiveness an example to us all
Forgiveness an example to us all
So much tosh is talked about role models, I hesitate to use the expression.
Cautious optimism ahead of neurosurgery decision
Cautious optimism ahead of neurosurgery decision
A mood of cautious optimism abides as Otago and Southland people await this morning's announcement from Acting Director-general of Health Andrew Bridgman about the future of neurosurgery.
Radiology strike may delay 520 appointments
Radiology strike may delay 520 appointments
More than 500 radiology appointments and some elective surgery at Dunedin Hospital will not go ahead if the radiographers' nationwide 48-hour strike proceeds tomorrow morning.
Travel time worried many submitters
Travel time worried many submitters
A third of the 2256 submissions to the expert panel looking at neurosurgery services in the South expressed concern about having to travel to Christchurch for neurosurgery.
Trial proves worth of dressing in radiation treatment
Trial proves worth of dressing in radiation treatment
The success of a small Dunedin Hospital clinical trial has received international recognition and may lead to widespread improvement in skin treatment for cancer patients having radiation therapy.
Elderly most likely to have long ED stays
Elderly most likely to have long ED stays
Elderly patients are the most likely to be having long stays in Dunedin Hospital's emergency department, clinical leader Dr John Chambers says.
Review bid draws no comment yet
Review bid draws no comment yet
The South Island Neurosurgical Service expert panel's call for a review of patient-recovery and related patient-transport services across the island has drawn no comment at this stage from Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust chairman Ross Black.
Millar 'staggered' by public support
Millar 'staggered' by public support
Errol Millar says he has been "absolutely staggered" by the warmth of the response from people from all walks of life to last week's news he would not be reappointed as chairman of the Southern District Health Board.
Model could help solve disputes: Ryall
Model could help solve disputes: Ryall
The process used to resolve the South Island neurosurgery impasse is the "way of the future", Health Minister Tony Ryall says.
Likely cost less than alternative
Likely cost less than alternative
Details of the cost of revamping the South Island neurosurgery service are hazy, but it is not expected it will reach the $3.1 million extra it would have cost to set up a one-site model in Christchurch.
New governance head not fazed by hot seat
New governance head not fazed by hot seat
Leading Melbourne neurosurgeon and academic Prof Andrew Kaye is relaxed about being the man in the hot seat as the chairman of the governance board to establish the new-look South Island neurosurgery service.
'Implementation starts today' - co-operation expected
'Implementation starts today' - co-operation expected
Acting Director-general of Health Andrew Bridgman says he is not expecting people to be "tossing toys out of the cot" over the radical changes announced yesterday to neurosurgery services in the South.
Neurosurgery decision delights campaigners
Neurosurgery decision delights campaigners
It was delight not doom for Dunedin neurosurgery campaigners yesterday with the news the service in the city will be enhanced rather than dropped.
'Outliers' key to emergency target times
'Outliers' key to emergency target times
Too many Dunedin Hospital patients receiving treatment in wards not suited to their condition may be a major contributor to longer stays in the emergency department, chief operating officer Vivian Blake said.
Wait for physio exceeds target time
Wait for physio exceeds target time
Dunedin Hospital's outpatient physiotherapy service is under pressure, with routine non-urgent patients waiting nine weeks for treatment.
Cone trust suggested
Cone trust suggested
A trust is one option for the management of Harbour Cone.