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DunedinAugust 29

Hopes of $1.2m saving dashed

The Southern District Health Board's hopes of saving about $1.2 million a year by charging for laboratory tests ordered by private specialists have been dashed by the Government.
DunedinAugust 29

Govt answers health funds plea

The Government has answered a plea from the Southern District Health Board for $7 million to help tackle its deficit.
Govt answers health funds plea
Govt answers health funds plea
DunedinAugust 27

Chemo plan rejected by minister

Health Minister Tony Ryall has turned down the Southern District Health Board's controversial proposal to take fee-paying chemotherapy patients.
Chemo plan rejected by minister
Chemo plan rejected by minister
DunedinAugust 20

Decision could be up to minister

If the South Island district health boards do not like whatever the Director-general of Health proposes in the neurosurgery row, Health Minister Tony Ryall may have no choice but to get involved.
Decision could be up to minister
Decision could be up to minister
NewsAugust 8

Authority for neurosurgery decision queried

Doubt about the power of the Director-general of Health to impose a final decision in the South Island neurosurgery dispute has been raised by Southern District Health Board member Richard Thomson.
Authority for neurosurgery decision queried
Authority for neurosurgery decision queried
DunedinAugust 5

Minister gives hint

The Government has given its first indication neurosurgery services may be kept in Dunedin.
DunedinAugust 1

Parafed Otago adds voice

A Dunedin man, who was not expected to live following an accident almost 50 years ago, has made an impassioned plea for the retention of neurosurgery services.
DunedinAugust 1

Nurse rallies to promote neurosurgery importance

Owaka woman Sandra Grant knows only too well the value of neurosurgery services in Dunedin.
OpinionAugust 1

Consider the background agendas

Tudor Caradoc-Davies believes background agendas, particularly the desire for a full medical school in Canterbury, are behind moves to base all South Island neurosurgeons in Christchurch. In this letter to Health Minister Tony Ryall, he explains why.
Consider the background agendas
Consider the background agendas
DunedinJuly 28

MPs speak out over possible loss of neurosurgery

Emergency care for people in remote areas of Otago and Southland could be compromised if neurosurgery is offered only from Christchurch, Dunedin-based National list MP Michael Woodhouse says.
DunedinJuly 28

Patient-centred approach urged on neurosurgery

Health Minister Tony Ryall hopes a decision on neurosurgery services in the South can be made within two months.
DunedinJuly 7

Retain neurosurgery, MPs told

Despite a suggestion last week that southerners could write to the Director-general of Health, Stephen McKernan, with their concerns about neurosurgery service plans, no letters have yet been received by his office.
EditorialJuly 7

A fundamental service

The damaging hiatus on neurosurgery in Dunedin continues, leaving the city and the South poorly covered at present and with an uncertain future.
NationalJuly 6

Ryall puts an end to lab test charging

District Health Boards are not going to be allowed to charge patients for laboratory tests ordered by private specialists, Health Minister Tony Ryall says.
Ryall puts an end to lab test charging
Ryall puts an end to lab test charging
DunedinJuly 1

Know your worth, Ryall tells nurses

Enrolled nurses will need to keep pushing for greater recognition of their role with employers, Health Minister Tony Ryall says.
Know your worth, Ryall tells nurses
Know your worth, Ryall tells nurses
DunedinJune 13

$24.4m boost for hospital

Dunedin Hospital's out-moded neonatal intensive care unit and its acute mental health ward will be transformed through a funding injection of $24.4 million announced by Health Minister Tony Ryall in Dunedin yesterday.
$24.4m boost for hospital
$24.4m boost for hospital
DunedinJune 6

Neurosurgery future of concern

The need to retain neurosurgery services at Dunedin Hospital was raised several times with Health Minister Tony Ryall on his tour of the hospital this week, but he says he does not have a preferred option.
Neurosurgery future of concern
Neurosurgery future of concern
DunedinJune 4

New neonatal intensive care unit for Dunedin

Dunedin Hospital is to get a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) as part of a $23.4 million development of the Southern DHB's Dunedin facilities.
New neonatal intensive care unit for Dunedin
New neonatal intensive care unit for Dunedin
DunedinJune 2

Board to spend nearly $800, 000 on child checks

The Southern Health Board expects to spend $705,935 next financial year on B4 school checks for 3050 children.
DunedinMay 21

Hospitals improve service targets

A slight drop in the percentage of Otago patients receiving radiotherapy treatment for cancer within six weeks of their first specialist appointment has been due to the southern service carrying out work for other areas.
NationalMay 12

$24m for bowel cancer screening

A bowel cancer screening pilot costing $24 million over the next four years will be funded in the May 20 budget, Health Minister Tony Ryall said today.
$24m for bowel cancer screening
$24m for bowel cancer screening
NationalMay 11

Ryall opens improved cancer treatment service

Health Minister Tony Ryall today opened Wellington Hospital's new high dose bracytherapy bunker for cancer treatment.
NationalApril 23

DHBs getting record funding: Ryall

District health boards have received record levels of funding this year and will get even more next year, Health Minister Tony Ryall said today after Labour accused him of misleading the public over cuts to patient services.
DHBs getting record funding: Ryall
DHBs getting record funding: Ryall
NationalApril 21

West Coast DHB gets $6m bail out

West Coast District Health Board (WCDHB) is to receive its biggest ever government bail out of $6 million.