Health
Shortage of medical jobs
An ''extraordinary'' drop in international medical jobs contributed to a shortfall of places for this year's medical school graduates, which was resolved this week only by the goodwill of district
DHB to 'improve' audiology service
The Southern District Health Board says it has no way of knowing how many parents sought a second opinion on their child's hearing before more than 1500 families were contacted and offered retestin
Summit to seek rectal cancer solutions
A "landmark'' bowel cancer summit meeting in Wellington today will look at how to improve survival rates in New Zealand, which are lower than those of other countries, summit convener Dunedin medi
Warning on water supplies
Weeks tick by, weight just falling off
Otago Daily Times Queenstown bureau chief Tracey Roxburgh has reached the halfway point of the 12-week Revive programme at Alpine Health & Fitness.
$10m deficit funding for Southern DHB
The Government has approved a $10 million cash injection for the Southern District Health Board for the 2011/12 financial year.
Ring-fencing of funds to discontinue
A "ring-fence" guarding mental health funds should be removed within five years, as district health boards treat a broader cross-section of society and focus on prevention, an updated blueprint say
Transformations wow audience
Biopsy error panel terms out
The panel considering biopsy errors in laboratories has released its terms of reference.