A bill of at least $17 million has landed back in the lap of Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand after a saving on Dunedin’s new hospital complex was approved by mistake.
Proposed cuts to the size of the new Dunedin Hospital are so severe that the $1.47 billion facility could end up with fewer medical-surgical beds than the current, outdated hospital.
Determined resistance from clinicians and a strong public backlash appear to have deterred plans to dramatically decrease the size of the new Dunedin Hospital.
The dementia care crisis precipitated by the looming closure of Ross Home’s psychogeriatric service shows that Dunedin's new hospital should be bigger, not facing the possibility of having its beds cut, a local MP says.
The outpatient building in the new Dunedin hospital will reference the site’s history and landscape, principal architect Darryl Haines says.
When he looks across Cumberland St, sometimes new Dunedin hospital architect Darryl Haines can only see a series of metal piles ... but at other times he can envisage what the building he has drawn will look like in reality.
Beds, operating theatres and even entire wards could be dropped from the design of the new Dunedin Hospital’s inpatient building as the Health Ministry desperately tries to keep the project close to budget.
Dunedin Hospital local advisory group chairman Pete Hodgson looks at using master site planning to map the city's future.
The Ministry of Health says it is relieved that resource consent has been granted for the outpatient building of the new Dunedin hospital.
Fast-track consent has been granted for the outpatient building of the new Dunedin Hospital, despite the independent panel which assessed the application expressing concern about the site.
The Health Minister has ordered a re-examination of the budget for the $1.47b new Dunedin Hospital, but ruled out any size reduction in the new facility being built in the central city.
Traffic plans for the outpatient building of the new Dunedin hospital need to consider the impact the entire $1.47 billion project could have on the city’s traffic, a report says.
It's called the poisoned chalice for a reason.
The new Dunedin Hospital has not even been built, but preparations are already being made for when it is eventually surplus to requirements.
Loud banging noises from the new pile driver being used to build the new Dunedin Hospital may become a pain in the butt.
We are again asking people to vote to choose the name of the 14-tonne hammer commissioned to build the new Dunedin Hospital.
The Southern DHB has unveiled a master plan for a central city health and education precinct which includes a 500-vehicle parking facility and a replacement for parts of Wakari Hospital.
The Southern District Health Board is at loggerheads with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency over the future of the Dunedin one-way traffic system.
It might seem like nothing is happening on the site of the future new Dunedin Hospital, but the next two months are shaping as being crucial for the project, the man managing the build says.
A hospital site swamped by state highways has forced change upon Dunedin. How extensive any revamp should be is at the heart of the debate, Grant Miller reports.