Scores of Southern District Health Board middle managers on transitional contracts face uncertainty, as the board runs a ''highbrow'' discussion about their jobs, Public Service Association organiser Julie Morton says.
Nearly 4000 pregnant women have accepted an offer of a free vaccine against whooping cough since the initiative was launched at the start of the year.
An elderly Dunedin man who was incorrectly billed for home help, and then told by the Southern District Health Board to sort it out with the Auckland-based company himself, will receive an apology, health board chief executive Carole Heatly says.
The Scottish chief executive of the Southern District Health Board says while she relishes her role, it had more challenges than she expected. Carole Heatly spoke to health reporter Eileen Goodwin.
Mid-level health staff will be able to move to modified roles voluntarily as the Southern District Health Board seeks to avoid an unsettling restructuring process.
A decision on whether to outsource the Otago Fertility Service (OFS) has been delayed to investigate concerns about the controversial proposal.
The digital television upgrade has been rolled out in Southern District Health Board hospitals but patients will have to move to their ward's lounges to watch it.
The bottom line of the Southern District Health Board balance sheet is in the red as the members get set to request $11.9 million of ''deficit support'' from the Minister of Health.
Southern South Island researchers who have made outstanding contributions to health were celebrated in Dunedin this week. The annual awards acknowledge researchers and research initiatives at the Dunedin School of Medicine and Southern District Health Board.
Dunedin Hospital's ninth operating theatre is expected to increase available surgical time by 40 hours a week, the Southern District Health Board says.
An internal report's recommendation to increase chartered flights between Invercargill and Dunedin to cope with increased travel demands was declined because of cost, the Southern District Health Board says.
A new electronic patient meal ordering system in Southern District Health Board hospitals will still be used if hospital food preparation is centralised to Christchurch, the board says.
Concern health staff do not understand the implications of their views entering the public arena was behind a decision to withhold their details, the Southern District Health Board says.
A Dunedin referendum on fluoride would stir up old arguments which have been settled by science, Southern District Health Board chairman Joe Butterfield says.
Departing planning and funding head Robert Mackway-Jones has been credited with improving the Southern District Health Board's relationships with the public, as the board farewells the long-standing executive.
The Iwi Governance Committee has ''strong views'' on the possible outcomes of a Ministry of Justice coronial services shake-up, Southern District Health Board member Sandra Cook said yesterday.
The Southern District Health Board has overhauled the way it deals with patient complaints.
The wisdom of doling out hundreds of pills at a time was questioned by a Southern District Health Board member yesterday.
Poor access to surgery forces the renal service into a ''vicious cycle'' in which patients are not always prepared surgically for home dialysis, which then pressures hospital services, Dunedin Hospital nephrologist Dr John Schollum said yesterday.
The Southern District Health Board will share another health board's planning executive for nine months while it reviews the role being vacated by Robert Mackway-Jones.
