Health

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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Rise in stabbings and gunshot wounds in South

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Rise in stabbings and gunshot wounds in South

A rise in stabbing and gunshot wounds in the South has contributed to a ‘‘record’’ demand for ambulances and paramedics.

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Dementia patients' forced shift 'appalling’

The man in his 80s was living in a cottage in a retirement village when he sought help from...

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Dementia patients' forced shift 'appalling’

A desperate lack of dementia beds in Dunedin has resulted in the "appalling" situation of patients being shipped out of the city.

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Support to taper off medication

Ashburn Clinic consultant psychiatrist Dr Rod Pik and clinical pharmacist prescriber Marleen van...

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Support to taper off medication

Going cold turkey on long-term medications — particularly antidepressants and antipsychotics — can leave some people with flu-like symptoms

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Health NZ ‘not upfront’ about wait times

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Health NZ ‘not upfront’ about wait times

Promises to be more specific about wait times for surgeries have not been kept, an Otago man says.

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12-month prescriptions not ‘one-size-fits-all’

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12-month prescriptions not ‘one-size-fits-all’

A Dunedin doctor is asking for the public to be reasonable with their GPs as a new 12-month prescription rollout is introduced next month.

Aim to foster a head for safe limits

Speakers at a men’s and women’s health seminar to be held in conjunction with the 2026 Masters...

Aim to foster a head for safe limits

Using your head during the Masters Games may save your life.

Dunedin’s new, new hospital construction begins

Dunedin’s new, new hospital construction begins

Piling machines have started drilling the foundations for a new private hospital in Dunedin.

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New tech treats medication-resistant depression

Ashburn Clinic transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapist Dr Lawrence Leung demonstrates...

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New tech treats medication-resistant depression

After using new technology to treat about a dozen patients with medication-resistant depression under the radar for the past year, Ashburn psychiatric healthcare clinic has revealed its existence

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Request to delete patient data denied

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Request to delete patient data denied

A large Dunedin medical centre consulted lawyers and the Privacy Commission to try to take information off the beleaguered Manage My Health portal.

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Health data hack: Breach ‘complete failure’

Andrew Swanson-Dobbs. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

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Health data hack: Breach ‘complete failure’

A southern health leader says the breach of information on a popular health portal was a "complete failure" by the private company running it, and exposed the most sensitive patient details.

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Aim to slow deterioration as we age

Members of the University of Otago (Christchurch) Canterbury Health and Ageing Life Course ...

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Aim to slow deterioration as we age

Most of us have heard of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study and the Christchurch Health and Development Study. Reporter John Lewis takes a closer look at a...

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‘I’m just not prepared to be put off and put off’ for surgery

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‘I’m just not prepared to be put off and put off’ for surgery

A 77-year-old Dunedin man has been forced to continue working so he can pay to have private hip replacement surgery, rather than wait up to four years in the public system.