Health
Campaign boosts Dunedin Hospital's hand hygiene
B4 School inquiry reveals legal anomalies
Concerns raised by the Otago Daily Times about the the Ministry of Health's refusal to provide a privacy impact assessment on the B4 School programme have shown up anomalies which the Office
Hospital management in 'state of denial'
Dunedin Hospital's emergency department specialists are "probably consuming a lot of paracetamol" because they have been "banging their heads against a brick wall for so long", Association of Sala
Moana to open new residential beds
Dunedin's Moana House will open six new residential beds next week for methamphetamine users.
GPs asked to stop double referrals
Otago GPs have been asked to stop referring patients for both public and private appointments, as it is clogging the system.
Mammograms postponed as strike drags on
Nearly 1000 women have had routine breast screening postponed because of industrial action by mammographers at Dunedin and Southland Hospitals.
Board approves new health memorandum
The Southern District Health Board approved a new memorandum of understanding with the University of Otago on Thursday.
SDHB trying to claim $200,000
The Southern District Health Board is trying to claim almost $200,000 from the Southern Primary Health Organisation as promised savings did not materialise because of a delay forming the new super
Ryall praises health board
The Southern District Health Board has been commended for an increase in the number of patients being assessed by surgical specialists.