Asked why this was so, when hospitals' advisory committee (HAC) chairman Paul Menzies had indicated to the Otago Daily Times he expected the financial implications to be spelled out, acting chief executive Lexie O'Shea said this would be further discussed at the advisory committee meeting today and the board meeting tomorrow, and was a "work in progress".
The financial impact of the national board's recommendations has been a controversial aspect of its review.
No financial details were included in its damning report and both it and Health Minister Tony Ryall have been adamant that funding for changes sought would have to come from savings resulting from the changes.
Departing chief executive Brian Rousseau suggested in a draft report on the NHB's findings, written without the SDHB's approval and released under the Official Information Act, that more than $13 million "hump funding" for some of the major projects would "very definitely be required".
His estimates, which he described as indicative, included about $4 million in operating costs.
The report on the NHB assessment of Dunedin Hospital features in both public and private parts of today's HAC meeting.
By December, the board is to have realigned management and clinical leadership roles to "enable one clear structure for the organisation" with a regional focus on service delivery, removing duplication and providing "clarity of accountability and authority".
However, appointments to this newly structured management and clinical leadership setup will be the responsibility of the yet-to-be appointed new chief executive, the public report to this week's meeting says. The work is described as being in the "scoping" phase.
The public reports show that four of the suggested 45 actions have been completed, 24 are on track and "scoping" work is still being undertaken with 15.
A standard process for pre-operative assessments in surgical services is on the list of matters completed. The report also notes the yet-to-be approved third stage of the master site plan for Dunedin and Wakari hospitals contains a revamp of outpatient services.
Also listed as complete is the electronic prescribing pilot, which the NHB report suggested was not completed. The report to the board says it was completed at the end of January in accordance with the expectations of the Health Quality and Safety Commission.
Approval was given to extend the pilot until the end of this month and evaluation material had been submitted, it said.
Pharmacist hours have also been allocated to the programme, as proposed by the NHB.
Among the projects on track are addressing the waiting list for colonoscopies by December this year, although no detail is given on how this will be done or what it might cost.
