'Top-up' pilot to be recommended
Questions about how payments for private top-up drugs for public cancer patients might be calculated in any pilot scheme dominated discussion at the Otago District Health Board's hospital advisor
Health
Interim chairman for health board remains unknown
It is not yet known who will chair the new Southern District Health Board from May to the local government elections.
Challenge to ODHB home help change
Dunedin providers of home help for the elderly will "endeavour to challenge" the Otago and Southland district health boards' process in cutting housework help, Presbyterian Support Otago chief exec
Wakatipu health care report due for release
A consultation document on a new model of health care for the Wakatipu area is expected to be released next week.
Plan for Robins Rd health care facility
A new health care facility is being planned for Robins Rd, Queenstown.
Health boards cut housework help for elderly
Housework help for the elderly will be cut, saving about $4 million a year, the Otago and Southland district health boards confirmed yesterday.
Patient journeys
The report on the 33 colonoscopy patients and the Otago District Health Board is a mixed bag.
Assessment services assessed
Needs assessment staff in Dunedin were briefed yesterday on changes to the way elderly people are assessed for housework help.
Case for private care unclear
Procedure rate lowest
Despite having a high rate of bowel cancer, Otago has the lowest rate of publicly funded colonoscopies in the country and the numbers being declined colonoscopy have been increasing.