No sideline 'biffo' seen in 20 years
No sideline 'biffo' seen in 20 years
I worry I may have been letting the side down.
Elspeth McLean
Wrestling with that strange, unreliable beast ‘perception'
Wrestling with that strange, unreliable beast ‘perception'
Elspeth McLean has been musing on school reunions, Katherine Rich and the Government's proposed anti-tagging legislation.
Much to be said for scoping from afar
Much to be said for scoping from afar
Just as the death of her two global loves has made Elspeth McLean feel less secure, deaths linked to global business make her uneasy.
Welcome to the election madhouse
Welcome to the election madhouse
An election campaign is about to begin. Elspeth McLean senses murder.
Dunedin Hospital smokers targeted
Dunedin Hospital smokers targeted
Concerns about the number of patients smoking outside Dunedin Hospital have prompted the Otago District Health Board to raise the possibility of footpaths surrounding the hospital being designated smoke-free.
Otago health board gets 'at risk' credit rating
Otago health board gets 'at risk' credit rating
The Otago District Health Board has been assigned an "at risk" credit rating for the second year running by the national health funding body, the Crown Health Financing Agency.
One SI member on new health board
One SI member on new health board
The line-up of the National Health Board announced yesterday is strong and well-grounded clinically, Rural General Practice Network chairwoman Kirsty Murrell-McMillan says.
Get support, say unions
Get support, say unions
Employers and employees should make sure they get support early when misconduct is alleged in the workplace, representatives of employers and unions say.
Whatever the tears meant, they had nothing to do with 'closure'
Whatever the tears meant, they had nothing to do with 'closure'
Although 30 years ago I was working as a journalist, the impact of the Erebus disaster was lost on me.
Base hospital information not in review
Base hospital information not in review
Information about the Dunedin and Invercargill hospitals will not be included in the recently released analysis of southern hospital capacity, despite some calls for this.
Screening improves service - surgeon
Screening improves service - surgeon
The best way to get better colonoscopy services in New Zealand would be to introduce a bowel cancer screening programme as soon as possible, an Otago-trained cancer surgeon now working in Australia says.
'ODT' winner comes out $1100 ahead
'ODT' winner comes out $1100 ahead
Cromwell mother-of-three Lynley O'Connell is about $1100 better off after she won an Otago Daily Times promotion at the Cromwell races yesterday.
Colonoscopy report delayed to December 11
Colonoscopy report delayed to December 11
The Southern Cancer Network's audit report on up to 32 referrals to Dunedin Hospital's colonoscopy service will not be completed until December 11.
Process a first for health boards
Process a first for health boards
South Island district health boards have come up with a process to cope with possible disagreements among them as they move to develop shared services.
Workers call for end to wage freeze
Workers call for end to wage freeze
Between 200 and 300 workers gathered in the Octagon yesterday called for the Government to end the wage freeze for state-funded workers.
Otago medical leaders sign for liquor reform
Otago medical leaders sign for liquor reform
Some Otago medical leaders are among more than 300 doctors and nurses across the country who have signed a statement calling for changes to the liquor laws.
Hospital kitchen will cater to Central and Southland
Hospital kitchen will cater to Central and Southland
Dunedin Hospital's kitchen will supply much of the food for patients in the public hospitals in Invercargill and Queenstown from April next year.
Protest rally to be held in Octagon tomorrow
Protest rally to be held in Octagon tomorrow
Unions are hoping for a good turnout at a protest rally in Dunedin tomorrow aimed at drawing attention to the situation of low-paid workers in public services.
Bid to cut wait times
Bid to cut wait times
Dunedin Hospital is looking at ways to reduce waiting times for hundreds of patients who are waiting up to 45 weeks to receive non-urgent abdominal ultrasound scans.
Uncertainty over physiotherapy part-charges
Uncertainty over physiotherapy part-charges
It is not known when the Otago District Health Board will find out whether it is allowed to impose part-charges for patients receiving physiotherapy following accidents.