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Ministry of Health
Dunedin
December 3
Health minister's approach slammed
A senior Dunedin medical figure has taken issue with new health minister Dr Jonathan Coleman's ''condescending'' approach towards doctors at the Southern District Health Board.
National
April 10
Suppressed Tamiflu research telling
New research showing antiviral drug Tamiflu shortens the symptoms of flu by just 12 hours is raising questions about the billions of dollars spent by countries to stockpile it.
Dunedin
March 9
Health system 'under stress'
Dunedin
March 1
Health fund millions get murky
Who knew what and when? Questions are being asked since it was revealed recently the Southern District Health Board has known about the possibility of a health funds fraud for more than three years. Health reporter Eileen Goodwin examines the issues.
Dunedin
February 20
Fraud possibility not disclosed
Stuart McLauchlan, the man charged with monitoring the Southern District Health Board, says he was not told of legal advice in 2010 that the South Link Health (SLH) funds dispute might involve fraud.
Dunedin
October 7
Financial pressure blamed
Financial pressure on the Southern District Health Board is affecting its ability to buy equipment, the board's 2013-14 annual plan says.
Dunedin
October 5
Ministry to help Ashburn Clinic
The Ministry of Health will work with Ashburn Clinic, in Dunedin, to find a solution to the private psychiatric hospital's funding issues, the ministry said after a meeting with clinic representatives.
Dunedin
September 29
Ministry talks on Ashburn
The Ministry of Health says it needs to hear from Ashburn Clinic, in Dunedin, before forming a view of the private psychiatric hospital's situation.
Dunedin
September 24
Clinic reprieve hopes
Ashburn Clinic, in Dunedin, is relying on the Ministry of Health to save the financially strapped private psychiatric hospital.
Dunedin
August 10
Study puts spotlight on obesity
Obesity is creeping up on smoking as one of New Zealand's biggest health burdens, a recent Ministry of Health study shows.
Dunedin
August 9
Dunedin faces losing health jobs
Dunedin could lose more jobs under moves to centralise health board finance, procurement and administration jobs.
Dunedin
July 20
Review of Dunedin gastroenterology unit
The Ministry of Health is reviewing a report arguing Dunedin's gastroenterology facility must be urgently upgraded.
Dunedin
March 22
Cardiac surgery incident register to be less transparent
The Ministry of Health is unable to say what the public will be able to glean from information to be stored on a new national register of cardiac surgery incidents.
Dunedin
February 18
Irreparable harm to children's bodies: expert
A ''depressing lack'' of health prevention strategies in New Zealand schools is causing irreparable damage to children's bodies, which will cost taxpayers millions of dollars in the years to come, a musculoskeletal specialist says.
National
December 4
Tenders invited for health projects
The Ministry of Health has called for tenders for a controversial new healthy eating initiative.
National
July 31
Study finds issues with IF scheme
Concerns an unregulated "second-class" carer workforce is being created by the burgeoning "individualised funding" (IF) scheme for the disabled are revealed in an evaluation commissioned by the Ministry of Health.
Dunedin
July 13
Outsourcing result of commission staff cuts
It is "just silly" the now-defunct Mental Health Commission spent $346,800 on a single outside contractor during 2011-12 to develop a mental health plan, Labour MP and mental health spokesman Iain Lees-Galloway says.
Dunedin
June 27
Health ministry yet to release results of study made last year
The Ministry of Health spent nearly $60,000 last year to evaluate a scheme that allows disabled people to employ their own carer; but is yet to release the results.
Dunedin
May 22
Breast-screening discussion delayed
The national breast-screening programme's independent advisory group seems unlikely to formally discuss recent screening controversies until July.
Dunedin
May 14
Ministry appeal thrown out
The Court of Appeal has thrown out an appeal by the Ministry of Health regarding payments for parents who care for their disabled children.
Dunedin
May 11
South Island DHBs save $12 million
By working together, five South Island district health boards have saved $12 million so far this financial year, the South Island Health Alliance has announced.
Dunedin
April 27
Ministry clears Southern breast-screening programme
A Ministry of Health investigation has cleared the Southern District Health Board's breast-screening programme of concerns its rate of "false negatives" was unacceptably high.
National
April 20
Ryall under attack from top doctors
The honeymoon appears well and truly over between the senior doctors' union and Health Minister Tony Ryall.
Dunedin
March 30
Breast-cancer diagnosis review being finalised
The Ministry of Health is finalising its "initial investigation" into possible delays in breast-cancer diagnosis at Southern District Health Board, and expects to have a clearer picture next week, a ministry statement says.
National
January 13
No follow-upon newborn blood spot card consent
People who may have forgotten they gave consent for their newborn baby's blood spots to be used in research after screening for metabolic disorders will not be contacted to see if they are still happy with that decision.
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