Stacks of fun
Stacks of fun
Lead singer of The Doll Drums, Catherine KS, performs at the Nook and Cranny Music Festival at the Dunedin Public Library yesterday.
Mike Houlahan
Chalk one up for military history
Chalk one up for military history
Mike Houlahan reviews The Bulford Kiwi: The Kiwi we Left Behind, by Colleen Brown. Published by Bateman.
Intention to hear views of as many people as possible
Intention to hear views of as many people as possible
The chairman of the Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction, Ron Paterson, has set high expectations of what he and his team can achieve, and now he is trying to deliver.
Inquiry sessions providing video, audio links
Inquiry sessions providing video, audio links
Central Otago and the Lakes District will now have a chance to be heard by the Government inquiry into mental health and addiction issues.
DHBs reminded to keep eye on CEOs
DHBs reminded to keep eye on CEOs
District health boards have been reminded by the auditor-general to keep a close eye on their chief executives.
Dunedin respite care facility for children planned
Dunedin respite care facility for children planned
Plans are well advanced for a specialist respite care facility for sick Otago children and backers of the proposal seek operational funding to make the idea a reality.
Health Care Homes' interest catches SDHB by surprise
Health Care Homes' interest catches SDHB by surprise
The Southern District Health Board is dealing with a different sort of "housing" crisis - expressions of interest by GP practices in becoming Health Care Homes are higher than expected.
SDHB seeking doctors in UK
SDHB seeking doctors in UK
Junior doctors based in Britain are being targeted by the Southern District Health Board as the solution to staffing shortages, and a recruiting drive is about to be launched.
Accreditation review for radiology in June
Accreditation review for radiology in June
Southern District Health Board says it will seek an accreditation review of Dunedin hospital's radiology department next month.
After-hours care may change
After-hours care may change
Dunedin's proposed new hospital may see changes in the way after hours medical care is provided in the city, the new chairman of the Dunedin Urgent Doctors and Accident Centre committee says.
DHB's April deficit exceeds estimate
DHB's April deficit exceeds estimate
District Health Board funding increases announced in last week's Budget cannot come fast enough for the Southern DHB, which racked up a $3.7 million deficit for April - $2.1 million more than...
Funding for heating feasibility study
Funding for heating feasibility study
The Dunedin hospital rebuild project has secured funding for a feasibility study for a district heating scheme, convener Pete Hodgson says.
Hospital: ICU bed shortage due to sudden patient influx
Hospital: ICU bed shortage due to sudden patient influx
Cardiac surgery services at Dunedin Hospital are under pressure due to a sudden influx of severely ill patients.
SDHB works to reduce infection rates
SDHB works to reduce infection rates
The Southern District Health Board is working with outside experts to establish why its numbers of infections of all types rose last year.
Better care key to new strategy
Better care key to new strategy
Focusing organisations on providing better healthcare for people will ease the implementation of the new primary and community care strategy, the newly appointed chairwoman of Alliance South says.
Hospital will be built to withstand quakes, floods
Hospital will be built to withstand quakes, floods
Dunedin's new hospital will be built to withstand whatever nature can throw at it, rebuild chairman Pete Hodgson says.
Big health investment could be just the start
Big health investment could be just the start
At 20% of Government expenditure, health is always a big part of the Budget menu. Yesterday, with the biggest capital injection in health for a decade, it was the main course.
Focus on hospitals, DHB funding
Focus on hospitals, DHB funding
Fixing hospitals, enabling access to care and addressing New Zealand's ageing population were Health Minister David Clark's priorities in yesterday's Budget.
Cash boost eases Southern DHB's woes
Cash boost eases Southern DHB's woes
Keeping the old Dunedin Hospital functioning until the new one is built has probably become a great deal easier for the Southern DHB as the cash-strapped organisation gets a cash injection as part of the Budget's health-funding booster.
Govt has acted on concerns of midwives, Clark says
Govt has acted on concerns of midwives, Clark says
Community midwives received a long-awaited pay rise in yesterday's Budget.