Colonoscopy concerns: Review restricted
Auditors reviewing cases over concerns about colonoscopy access through the Southern District Health Board limited their review because it was taking too long to get complete clinical records.
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Limited colonoscopy access slammed
Limited colonoscopy access slammed
A claim of "inter-service warfare" has emerged in a damning review of Southland access to Southern District Health Board's colonoscopy service.
SDHB holds back maternity plan
SDHB holds back maternity plan
The Southern District Health Board has delayed the release of its revised maternity system proposal again.
No union position on offer for nurses
No union position on offer for nurses
Nurses will make up their own minds whether to accept a pay offer from district health boards, without direction from their union.
Disgraced Waikato boss claimed DHB merger credit
Disgraced Waikato boss claimed DHB merger credit
Disgraced former health boss Nigel Murray is claiming the credit for merging the Otago and Southland health boards, despite the amalgamation happening after he had moved on.
'Get back to basics and do the medicine'
'Get back to basics and do the medicine'
The planning and implementation of the urology super-clinic at Dunedin Hospital should be a lesson to those at the top, writes Calvin Oaten.
Medical schools jolted into action
Medical schools jolted into action
The bid by Waikato District Health Board and Waikato University for a medical school has greatly perturbed Otago and Auckland universities, writes Eileen Goodwin.
Heatly resigns as health board boss
Heatly resigns as health board boss
Southern District Health Board chief executive Carole Heatly has resigned from the embattled organisation.
Fish cakes may be off children's menu
Fish cakes may be off children's menu
The Compass Group is considering removing fish cakes from the children's menu after a toddler found a 2cm bone embedded in a fish cake at Dunedin Hospital.
Freezer breakdown puts focus on Compass: Union
Freezer breakdown puts focus on Compass: Union
A freezer breakdown at Southland Hospital highlights the vulnerability of the new Compass Group food model, E tu union industry co-ordinator Jill Ovens says.
Orthopaedic registrars' workload 'too much'
Orthopaedic registrars' workload 'too much'
Registrars in Dunedin Hospital's orthopaedic unit are under pressure, and patients could be put at risk because of ‘‘tired'' doctors, the New Zealand Resident Doctors' Association says.
‘Culture' at heart of SDHB strategy
‘Culture' at heart of SDHB strategy
There is a misconception about the Southern District Health Board's patient feedback sessions and the board's long-term task, Commissioner Kathy Grant and the Commissioner Team write.
Risk of 'two-tier' health system
Risk of 'two-tier' health system
A popular offshore buyers' club for new-generation hepatitis C drugs is setting up a ‘‘two-tier'' health system and the worst-affected patients could miss out, a Dunedin specialist says.
Better meals under Nazis: 87-year-old
Better meals under Nazis: 87-year-old
A Dunedin woman says she had better food growing up in a Nazi-occupied country than the ‘‘disgusting'' meals on wheels trucked from Auckland and Tauranga.
Compass Christmas dinner panned
Compass Christmas dinner panned
A Dunedin woman says a Compass-made festive dinner dropped off to a friend by Meals on Wheels was so bad it ruined her friend's Christmas.
Cancer care research funded
Cancer care research funded
Grants totalling more than $100,000 have boosted research aimed at overcoming fragmented care for some Otago-Southland cancer patients, and reducing medication problems for other people.
Cancer specialist leaving ‘great job’
Cancer specialist leaving ‘great job’
When he started his specialist career, medical oncology was new and New Zealand had faster access to cancer drugs than Australia. Southern District Health Board medical oncologist Dr David Perez spoke to health report Eileen Goodwin ahead of his retirement.
Financial officer appointed to SDHB
Financial officer appointed to SDHB
The chief financial officer for the Meteorological Service of New Zealand has been appointed to take control of the Southern District Health Board's finances.
Ministers told of risk at hospital
Ministers told of risk at hospital
Government ministers were told an urgent maintenance fund was needed to avoid ‘‘critical service failures'' at Dunedin Hospital.
Curran parodies Coleman over scrapping SDHB poll
Curran parodies Coleman over scrapping SDHB poll
Despite voting with the Government to abolish next year's election at Southern District Health Board, Dunedin South MP Clare Curran has taken a swipe at Health Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman over ‘‘erosion of democracy''.