DHB cancer test stance queried
DHB cancer test stance queried
Pacific Edge's bladder cancer test is used by many district health boards, and sells in the United States, Australia and Southeast Asia.
Mike Houlahan
Bureaucracy concerns polytechs
Bureaucracy concerns polytechs
A parliamentary select committee hearing in Dunedin yesterday turned into an athletic contest, with self-proclaimed nimble, agile polytechnics pitched against lumbering, cumbersome Government...
Presents from Santa Shane's bulging sack
Presents from Santa Shane's bulging sack
Father Christmas came early this week, in the form of Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones and his Santa Sack, otherwise known as the Provincial Growth Fund.
Kloogh clients left in limbo
Kloogh clients left in limbo
A public-minded group of lawyers have given their time to try to help people caught up in the nightmare collapse of a Dunedin investment adviser’s companies.
Mental health, addiction plan updated
Mental health, addiction plan updated
A new suicide prevention strategy, a focus on workforce development and greater involvement of families are key features of a new Southern District Health Board mental health and addiction plan.
Health initiative leading to better future
Health initiative leading to better future
Designed as a tool to help doctors across the region provide consistent standards of care, Health Pathways have taken some unexpected turns, health reporter Mike Houlahan finds.
MPs visit high-tech businesses
MPs visit high-tech businesses
Labour's economic development caucus visited Dunedin yesterday, MPs viewing a range of high-tech and digital businesses and stockpiling ideas to take home with them.
Legionnaires' death prompts warning
Legionnaires' death prompts warning
A Dunedin man's passion for gardening may have killed him, and his widow wants his death to serve as a warning to others.
Physiotherapist admits professional misconduct
Physiotherapist admits professional misconduct
A Dunedin physiotherapist has had charges of professional misconduct upheld by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal.
Action brings further X-ray deferments
Action brings further X-ray deferments
More than 500 people will have operations or procedures deferred this week, due to ongoing industrial action by medical imaging technologists.
SDHB aims for better apologies
SDHB aims for better apologies
The Southern District Health Board is working with the Community Health Council to try to improve how it apologises to patients and families affected by adverse events.
'Enormous improvement' in eye service
'Enormous improvement' in eye service
Eighteen months after being slated in a commissioner report, the SDHB's ophthalmology service is showing "enormous improvement'', the organisation says.
Radiology regains accreditation
Radiology regains accreditation
Dunedin Hospital's radiology department has regained its accreditation status, more than 18 months after auditors suspended it.
National implications in urology report
National implications in urology report
A damning report of Southern District Health Board urology services has national as well as regional implications, the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand says.
Partial support from ministry for petition
Partial support from ministry for petition
Dunedin man Joshua Perry's petition to improve disabled people's access to housing modifications has received partial support from the Ministry of Health, but it has come out against one of his main proposals.
Human side of politics on display
Human side of politics on display
Contrary to what some might believe, politicians are actually people.
Urology leader: patient reports concerning
Urology leader: patient reports concerning
Reports of discourteous treatment of patients and continuing delays in tests and treatments are concerning, the Southern District Health Board's urology service clinical leader says.
'They have destroyed people's quality of life'
'They have destroyed people's quality of life'
Stephen Hoffman wanted to drive a truck until he was 70, but cancer treatment delays mean the 64-year-old now has a lower life-expectancy, and will never work again.
Measles may be past worst
Measles may be past worst
The southern region may be over the worst of its dose of measles - no more cases of the highly infectious disease have been reported in the past seven days.
ED numbers reconciled as parties meet
ED numbers reconciled as parties meet
A chasm between Invercargill doctors and southern health officials over provision of after-hours services appears to have been bridged.