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DunedinNovember 9

Changing face for GP practices

The future shape of GP practices will be quite different as young doctors are less willing to go the "extra mile" than their older colleagues, the Southern District Health Board has been told.
Changing face for GP practices
Changing face for GP practices
DunedinJuly 27

Free care scheme operating

No official feedback has been received on the free after-hours medical care for children under 6, but it seems to be working in participating GP practices, Southern Primary Health Organisation chief executive Ian Macara says.
DunedinJune 27

Revised dental programme to be implemented next month

A plan to use primary healthcare funds for adult dentistry is yet to be implemented, almost a year after it was supposed to start.
Revised dental programme to be implemented next month
Revised dental programme to be implemented next month
NewsJune 15

Fears over free service for infants

Some GPs fear providing free after-hours care to under-6s will put more pressure on already stretched services, particularly in tourist towns and rural areas, Southern Primary Health Organisation chief executive Ian Macara says.
Fears over free service for infants
Fears over free service for infants
DunedinMarch 30

PHO told not to establish e-referral system: Bowers

Southern Primary Health Organisation was advised not to introduce the electronic referral system which is now causing concern, and instead wait for the South Island-wide system, South Island Information Systems Service Level Alliance chairman Dr Andrew Bowers, of Dunedin, says.
PHO told not to establish e-referral system: Bowers
PHO told not to establish e-referral system: Bowers
DunedinMarch 8

GP practices get support from PHO

Southern Primary Health Organisation has appointed extra staff to help Otago and Southland GP practices finding it "tough going" to get enough patients through the doors, PHO chief executive Ian Macara says.
GP practices get support from PHO
GP practices get support from PHO
DunedinFebruary 1

Flu jab acceptance still below target

Why some elderly people do not take up their free flu jab was the subject of a discussion at a Southern District Health Board committee yesterday.
DunedinOctober 20

Review to focus on GP turnover and burnout

"Concerning" rates of GP turnover and burnout in rural areas will be addressed in a review of after-hours care, Southern Primary Health Organisation chief executive Ian Macara says.
Review to focus on GP turnover and burnout
Review to focus on GP turnover and burnout
DunedinSeptember 7

PHO requests more money

The Southern Primary Health Organisation wants more money from the Southern District Health Board.
DunedinAugust 31

Health funds build during delay

The Southern District Health Board has $110,000 unused primary healthcare funds because of a two-month delay signing the Southern Primary Health Organisation's plan.
Health funds build during delay
Health funds build during delay
DunedinAugust 24

Whole region has access to new health programmes

Three of the Southern Primary Health Organisation's clinical programmes have been approved, almost two months after they were supposed to start.
Central OtagoAugust 10

Smoke-free policy adopted

The Central Otago District Council's new smoke-free policy for council playgrounds - adopted on a motion moved by the council's two smokers - will not be enforced.
SouthlandAugust 5

Advisory group to set up 'clinical pathways'

A health advisory group is to be established as part of the Southern Primary Health Organisation to improve links between community and hospital health care, funding and finance general manager Robert Mackway-Jones told this week's community and public health advisory meeting in Invercargill.
DunedinAugust 5

Southern PHO responds

Southern Primary Health Organisation has taken issue with a statement that it could have applied to use leftover funds for health services.
Southern PHO responds
Southern PHO responds
DunedinJuly 20

Chairman rejects criticism of contract process for IT

Southern Primary Health Organisation chairman Dr Conway Powell rejects concerns about contract letting and says he is sick of "sniping" about the new organisation.
QueenstownJune 15

Sexual health clinic charges concern

A "huge rise" in unwanted pregnancies and sexually-transmitted diseases among Queenstown's youth is the feared outcome of high school pupils being charged for consultations at the Wakatipu Sexual Health and Family Planning clinic, co-ordinator Gaylene Hastie says.
Sexual health clinic charges concern
Sexual health clinic charges concern
DunedinMay 29

Funding changes limit sexual health programme

Proposed sexual health funding restrictions come just as an access programme is starting to show results, Dunedin Sexual Health Clinic clinical leader Dr Jill McIlraith says.
DunedinMay 23

SPHO funding change plans disturbing GPs

Dunedin GPs are criticising the Southern Primary Health Organisation's proposed funding changes, saying it is offering to pay for procedures that come under the district health board, while leaving other patients in the lurch.
QueenstownMay 20

Outreach clinics may end if SPHO funding cut

A Glenorchy resident says the Southern Primary Health Organisation should cut one of its "job-created bureaucrats" instead of axing funding for weekly community nurse practitioner visits.
Outreach clinics may end if SPHO funding cut
Outreach clinics may end if SPHO funding cut
DunedinOctober 3

PHO looks to priorities

Tai Chi classes could be out, and improving links between general practice and specialty services in, under the new Southern Primary Health Organisation, says chairman Dr Conway Powell.
Central OtagoSeptember 30

New PHO ready to advise

The first meeting of the group which will advise the new Southern Primary Health Organisation on community issues was held in Alexandra this week.
New PHO ready to advise
New PHO ready to advise