$1.75 million hospital leak fix approved
$1.75 million hospital leak fix approved
The Southern District Health Board has approved a $1.75 million repair job to fix Dunedin Hospital's seven-storey clinical services building.
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Waiting list 'just crazy'
Waiting list 'just crazy'
Waiting up to a year for an ultrasound in the South is ''incomprehensible'', Dunedin South MP Clare Curran says.
Up to $1.75m to fix leaks
Up to $1.75m to fix leaks
Southern District Health Board members will consider a request for up to $1.75 million to fix the leaking clinical services building at Dunedin Hospital when they meet in Dunedin tomorrow.
SDHB gets permission to sell buildings
SDHB gets permission to sell buildings
Health Minister Tony Ryall has given the Southern District Health Board permission to dispose of two of its buildings in Dunedin.
Doctors' expenses queried
Doctors' expenses queried
Improved accountability for millions of dollars spent on district health board senior doctors' continuing education is being sought by Audit New Zealand.
Overpayment rectified
Overpayment rectified
Data accuracy problems which resulted in family doctors being overpaid by about $90,000 last year have been addressed, the Southern District Health Board says.
Call for SDHB to release IT report
Call for SDHB to release IT report
Southern District Health Board should immediately release a long-awaited report into the cause of an IT crash that created havoc in February, Dunedin North MP David Clark says.
No advice to patient on painkillers
No advice to patient on painkillers
The Otago Southland coroner has recommended his finding into the death of an Invercargill woman be read by Southern District Health Board (SDHB) staff, saying the woman was not advised about the effect of strong painkillers prescribed to her after surgery.
Get advice here: union
Get advice here: union
The Southern District Health Board did not need advice from an American-based firm, as there is plenty of help available closer to home, the senior doctors' union says.
Hospital deteriorates faster than expected
Hospital deteriorates faster than expected
A building at Dunedin Hospital deteriorated more quickly than anyone expected, Southern District Health Board chairman Joe Butterfield says.
Breast-screening jobs may go north
Breast-screening jobs may go north
A handful of jobs are set to transfer from Dunedin to Christchurch as a result of new management of the South's breast-screening programme, Pacific Radiology Group has confirmed.
Action on staff complaints failed to resolve smell issue
Action on staff complaints failed to resolve smell issue
Complaints from Southern District Health Board staff about strange smells in a dental unit were put down to it being new, and nothing was done, the board has confirmed.
$1m leak fix Govt's responsibility: King
$1m leak fix Govt's responsibility: King
It is unfair to expect the cash-strapped Southern District Health Board to find a million dollars to fix leaks at Dunedin Hospital, Labour health spokeswoman Annette King says.
Swift action by board praised
Swift action by board praised
Swift action by the Southern District Health Board to withdraw mobile oral health units potentially contaminated by formaldehyde has been praised.
Rest-homes opposed to village proposal
Rest-homes opposed to village proposal
A proposal to invest up to $5 million developing a retirement village on Oamaru's Hospital Hill drew mixed reactions on Wednesday as the Waitaki District Council heard verbal submissions on its draft annual plan.
Reports by iPad
Reports by iPad
Southern District Health Board members are to be issued with iPads to view meeting reports, instead of receiving paper copies.
Board urged to be upfront about rebuild
Board urged to be upfront about rebuild
A Southern District Health Board member is imploring the board to be upfront about the strings attached to rebuilding Dunedin Hospital.
Oncologist says bowel screening benefits real
Oncologist says bowel screening benefits real
Scientific evidence supporting the merits of bowel screening is stronger than that for breast or prostate screening, Dunedin oncologist Christopher Jackson says.
SDHB paid $80k for US firm's advice
SDHB paid $80k for US firm's advice
The Southern District Health Board spent more than $80,000 on consulting advice from a United States-based firm, an Official Information Act request reveals.
Cardiologists not qualified to cover: union
Cardiologists not qualified to cover: union
Cardiologists at the Southern District Health Board are required to cover a service for which they are not qualified, the senior doctors' union says.