Three-month mental health cut
Dunedin Hospital's community day programmes for mental health patients will close for up to three months, a move one service user believes could lead to more acute admissions.
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Mental health service strained
Staff shortages and consistently overflowing wards for acute mental health patients are forcing the Otago District Health Board to cut back its services to non-acute patients.
Too little smoking advice
The ‘‘stop smoking'' message to pregnant women needs to be pushed harder, according to a new survey.
Health board ‘failed good governance' test
Vital drug treatments becoming big ticket items
The spiralling cost of new drugs - many of them highly expensive treatments for cancer and auto-immune disorders - is a big issue not just in New Zealand, but internationally, say staff at the go
Medics welcome drug cost debate
Report on health board released today
Ban on BZP nears, salvia targeted
Vindication on way, accused says
One phone call for patients
One telephone call is all it will take for Dunedin Hospital patients to check on things such as appointment times when a new patient administration computer system goes live later this year.