Surgery backlog possible after strike
More Dunedin and Wakari hospital services will be back in action today after the junior doctors' strike ends at 7am, but elective surgery could be affected by backlogs.
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Strike cover pay agreed for senior doctors
Controversy over pay rates for Otago and Southland senior doctors during today's strike abated yesterday afternoon when the union and the district health boards' chief executive, Brian Ro
Hospital services to be cut during strike
Limited services will be available at Wakari and Dunedin hospitals during the junior doctors' strike which begins tomorrow and, with Anzac Day this Friday, it could be next week before services a
Promising trials of hepatitis C drug
International attention will soon focus on a promising new drug co-invented by University of Otago Prof Robin Smith, with results of a clinical trial involving hepatitis C patients being released
Govt blames junior doctors union for suffering
Health Minister David Cunliffe has lashed out at the leader of the junior doctors' union saying he will never cave in to their "unrealistic" demands.
Doctors' strike to go ahead after talks fail
Junior doctors have resumed plans for strike action after negotiations with district health boards (DHBs) broke down today.
Forums seen as way to lift involvement
Health forums are one idea being proposed by health committees as they try to find ways to engage more effectively with the community.
Cash help required for kidney donors
Health Care Home not well known but improving care
The Health Care Home programme, which southern health officials hoped would revolutionise general practice, is beginning to wind down. Health reporter Mike Houlahan assesses progress so far.
The team behind Amity Medical Centre, Dunedin's first Health Care Home (from left) practice nurse Anna Boyd, Dr Susie Lawless and practice manager Catherine Daly-Reeve, pictured on enrolment in the scheme in 2018. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN