Health

Impending closure of Oamaru House ‘a shock’

Cancer patient Murray Radka in his home in Springvale, near Alexandra. PHOTO: ELLA JENKINS

Impending closure of Oamaru House ‘a shock’

An Alexandra cancer patient is in shock at the impending closure of hospital accommodation that has been a godsend for rural people coming to Dunedin for treatment.

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Hospital housing for out-of-town families under threat

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Hospital housing for out-of-town families under threat

A volunteer-run service providing affordable accommodation to out-of-town families of patients in Dunedin Hospital has been given just four months to find a new building or close for good.

Attack on politicians placed in large print

Attack on politicians placed in large print

A retired Dunedin doctor has put his money where his mouth is, declaring a plague on both Labour and National parties for their failure to deliver the new Dunedin hospital as promised.

Changes in personnel leading new hospital build continue

Changes in personnel leading new hospital build continue

The merry-go-round of faces leading the new Dunedin hospital build continues with the departure of a long-serving local health official and arrival of one of New Zealand’s top health bosses.

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Hui held to refresh responders’ skills

Green Line Trauma Supplies director Matt Hitchiner shows a new defibrillator that Primary...

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Hui held to refresh responders’ skills

Aside from Dunedin Hospital, the Dunedin Art Gallery was probably the next best place to have a major heart attack at the weekend.

Problems envisaged with prescriptions

Roslyn Pharmacy owner Andy Hou is sceptical about the proposed 12-month prescriptions for...

Problems envisaged with 12-month prescriptions

A surprise Budget announcement about prescriptions has left one pharmacist perplexed.

Significant healthcare issues unaddressed

Significant healthcare issues unaddressed

We have a health system under pressure.

Govt allegedly favoured industry over health

Govt allegedly favoured industry over health

Large multinational companies have been accused of increasingly influencing governments and shaping public policies to suit their own needs — often harming health in favour of profits.

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Tobacco industry playbook mirrored: research

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Tobacco industry playbook mirrored: research

New research shows coalition government MPs "closely mirrored the tobacco industry’s playbook" to back their decision to repeal New Zealand’s world-leading smokefree laws.

After-hours boost details awaited

After-hours boost details awaited

The devil will be in the details for regional health centres around the South following the announcement of an increase in government funding for after-hours services.

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Service to ‘strengthen urgent care’

Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

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Service to ‘strengthen urgent care’

Dunedin will be one of the first beneficiaries of a new urgent and after-hours care service, the government says.

Boost for urgent, after-hours health services in South

Health Minister Simeon Brown (left) and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made the announcement in...

Boost for urgent, after-hours health services in South

Communities in Dunedin and Invercargill will have better access to urgent and after-hours healthcare as part of a nationwide investment, the Health Minister says.

First signs of life at hospital site

Is this the first sign of life from the previously abandoned new Dunedin hospital project’s inpatient building?

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Hope new programme will ‘break the cycle’

Family harm practitioner and tamariki advocate Amy McSoriley (left) and Gore Shift Mind & Body...

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Hope new programme will ‘break the cycle’

A new initiative in Gore will try to help young victims of family violence become healthy and happy members of society, with hopes of breaking the cycle.

Govt funding falls short, hospice says

Govt funding falls short, hospice says

If you thought things were grim at the Otago Community Hospice, it could be a lot worse - we could lose the facility, through lack of funding.

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Contractors warned of hospital cutbacks

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora infrastructure delivery lead Blake Lepper. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Contractors warned of hospital cutbacks

Contractors tendering for work on the new Dunedin hospital build have been warned about "significant" cuts.

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Concerns after urgent doctors cuts hours

Dunedin Urgent Doctors & Accident Centre general manager Adam O’Byrne. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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Concerns after urgent doctors cuts hours

A Dunedin city GP is predicting a ‘‘wave’’ of presentations to the hospital emergency department as the city’s busiest after-hours services announces it is cutting its operating hours.