Call for more Maori, Pasifika affirmative action
More affirmative action is needed for Māori and Pasifika health outcomes to improve, a new study says.
Dunedin
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Doctors hit back at southern MP's claim
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Doctors speak out against repeal of anti-smoking laws
Southern doctors have slammed an MP's claim they are "catastrophising" plans to scrap anti-smoking legislation.
Smoking law move slammed
Smoking law move slammed
Oncologists are calling on southern MPs not to contribute to "the continued ill health and deaths" of constituents by supporting the repeal of smoke-free laws.
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Getting results focus of Māori pathway
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Getting results focus of Māori pathway
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti is assuring the public there will be a focus on training Māori and Pasifika doctors amid claims a proposed review of admission schemes was "racist dog whistling".
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Number of eye specialists lagging
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Number of eye specialists lagging
The number of ophthalmologists in Dunedin is one-third less than needed by the health system, new data shows.
Staff levels unsafe: nurses
Staff levels unsafe: nurses
Nurses have put the new government on notice over what they say are unsafe staffing levels.
Covid spike prompts pick-up in boosters
Covid spike prompts pick-up in boosters
University of Otago genetic disorders researcher Tim Morgan receives a Covid-19 booster shot from vaccinator Pamela Munro at the Dunedin Immunisation Centre in Hanover St on Saturday.
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Dying to get help they needed
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Dying to get help they needed
A young Dunedin woman "abandoned" by the healthcare system was in so much pain she requested assisted dying.
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‘Cautiously optimistic’ about trial
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‘Cautiously optimistic’ about trial
A Dunedin oncologist is "cautiously optimistic" about a clinical trial under way to combat a lethal cancer.
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Harsh reality of South’s psychogeriatric services
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Harsh reality of South’s psychogeriatric services
There are 60 full-time-equivalent aged-care psychiatrists in New Zealand — but the South has less than two, painting a grim future for those in need.
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Mental health team praised
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Mental health team praised
Fewer people are being referred to emergency psychiatric care following a joint approach by police and health workers to mental health callouts in Dunedin.
Chronic back pain research receives $600,000 boost
Chronic back pain research receives $600,000 boost
A solution to chronic back pain is one step closer after a Dunedin researcher was awarded a fellowship to trial a new brain-based stimulation treatment.
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Reduced wait focus for service
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Reduced wait focus for service
Planning for the new Dunedin hospital’s ophthalmology service is still ongoing, as the health system tries to ensure a service which had fallen foul of the health and disability commissioner will operate effectively from its new home.
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Otago aged care ‘criminally understaffed’
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Otago aged care ‘criminally understaffed’
A Dunedin aged care psychiatrist says he is "rushing from one crisis to another" as the Southern region struggles with severe understaffing.
Rise in requests for Rats follows fifth wave of virus
Rise in requests for Rats follows fifth wave of virus
Pharmacists are reporting a run on Rat kits and anti-viral packs as the southern region experiences a "fifth wave" of Covid-19.
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Spike in cases indicates ‘fifth wave’ of Covid
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Spike in cases indicates ‘fifth wave’ of Covid
Covid-19 cases and deaths are climbing in the South, as a leading epidemiologist warns New Zealand has entered its "fifth wave" of the virus.
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Risk as staff worked past their scope: report
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Risk as staff worked past their scope: report
Radiology staff at Dunedin hospital were left to make clinical decisions beyond their scope earlier this year, resulting in "severe or catastrophic" risk.
New Dunedin Hospital foundations start with a bang
New Dunedin Hospital foundations start with a bang
Construction of the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building takes a big step forward as the first foundation piles are driven on the site yesterday.
Historical tanning pits uncovered
Historical tanning pits uncovered
Remains of a historical tannery have been unearthed — along with arsenic — as archaeologists investigate the new Dunedin hospital site.
Aged-care system warning
Aged-care system warning
A Dunedin rest-home operator says the system is broken and is about to get worse after a report revealed the dire aged-care situation in the South.