Health

A helicopter lifts a load on to the roof of the outpatients building of the new Dunedin hospital...

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Funding, staffing risks at new hospital flagged

The five-year delay between the opening of the new Dunedin hospital’s outpatient building and the inpatient building will lead to many staffing and operational issues, a bombshell govt report says.

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Govt review of hospital pathology ‘broadly positive’

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Govt review of hospital pathology ‘broadly positive’

A wide-ranging review of the country’s pathology services will include looking at how best to serve Dunedin, the government’s health body says.

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HNZ lambasted for not firming up new hospital lab solution

Health advocate and laboratory clinician Terry Taylor (left) urges the council to keep...

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HNZ lambasted for not firming up new hospital lab solution

The government is researching how to deliver pathology services throughout the country, as Dunedin waits on the future of its pathology department.

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Contract sharing concerns Treasury

Contractors work on the site of the new Dunedin hospital yesterday. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Contract sharing concerns Treasury

A new contract-sharing arrangement between the government and Australian construction giant CPB for the new Dunedin hospital had boffins at the Treasury worried about the risks.

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Support for foundation heartfelt

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Support for foundation heartfelt

Out of nowhere, lying in bed, Karen Broad’s heart started to "race and flutter" again.

Hospice changes alongside region for 40 years

Ginny Green. File photo: Gregor Richardson

Hospice changes alongside region for 40 years

Otago Community Hospice is about to celebrate 40 years of working in palliative care and it is showing no signs of slowing down.

Use of opioids rising in Otago, survey finds

The use of opioids in the Otago region is climbing according to the latest survey of drugs in the workplace, although cannabis remains far and away the region’s illicit drug of choice.

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Probe into Te Kaika widened by govt

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Probe into Te Kaika widened by govt

A government probe into under-fire charity Te Kāika is more wide-ranging than previously known, the Otago Daily Times can now reveal.

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Takeover could lead to instability: Powell

Mercy Hospital. Photo: Gregor Richardson

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Takeover could lead to instability: Powell

A private equity takeover of Dunedin’s Mercy Hospital could lead to a period of instability at the top, a health commentator warns.

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'Advanced' talks to sell Mercy Hospital

A potential buyer is interested in Mercy Hospital. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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'Advanced' talks to sell Mercy Hospital

Otago's biggest private hospital is up for sale, and discussions with a potential buyer are said to be ‘‘advanced’’.

Plea made for more dementia facilities

Matt Doocey, one of the ministers responsible for assessing the Royal Commission's...

Plea made for more dementia facilities

A Wānaka man caring for his wife, who has dementia, wants the govt to explain what it plans to do about the "desperate shortage" of dementia-level care facilities in southern regions.

Dunedin family awaits crucial drug decision

A nervous two-month wait is on the cards for the Dunedin parents of a 18-month-old with cystic fibrosis, as they decide whether to stay or go for the child’s health.

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Build makes list of over-budget projects

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Build makes list of over-budget projects

The almost complete new Dunedin hospital outpatient building is one of the government’s most over-budget projects.

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‘Enshittification’ seen in health reforms

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‘Enshittification’ seen in health reforms

A Dunedin pharmacist is concerned about the ‘‘enshittification’’ of NZ's healthcare system, which is slowly dissolving services to people and increasingly serving ‘‘scale, profit and efficiency’’ instead.

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Med school’s high risk no surprise: Hernandez

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Med school’s high risk no surprise: Hernandez

An opposition MP says he is not surprised the controversial Waikato medical school project has been classed as ‘‘high risk’’ by the government’s financial advisers.

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