Day programme still in place as evaluation looms
Health
Longer wait for dental care
Although Otago school dental clinics are now fully staffed, some pupils are waiting longer than usual for standard treatment as new graduate therapists are mentored.
Challenge to spend surgery allocation
The short-staffed Otago District Health Board could face "some challenges" trying to spend an extra $1.8 million for elective surgery in the coming year, chief executive Brian Rousseau said this we
Pharmacy censured over man's death
Awareness of disability still 'tag-on'
Health and welfare groups top list of community trust grants
Surgery restricted as strike looms
As the countdown continues to the second junior doctors' strike, Dunedin Hospital has restricted its elective surgery list to ensure most patients are discharged by the time the strike begins on
Senior doctors at odds with juniors
A senior doctors union has rubbished claims that some hospitals are nearing closing point because of a shortage of doctors.
'Absurd' rules block specialist doctors
Doctors capable of working in intensive care in short-staffed New Zealand hospitals are being shut out because of tough registration requirements for such specialists, Dunedin Hospital's intensive