Health
One SI member on new health board
The line-up of the National Health Board announced yesterday is strong and well-grounded clinically, Rural General Practice Network chairwoman Kirsty Murrell-McMillan says.
Dunedin Hospital smokers targeted
Concerns about the number of patients smoking outside Dunedin Hospital have prompted the Otago District Health Board to raise the possibility of footpaths surrounding the hospital being designated
Screening improves service - surgeon
High blood pressure rates shock
More New Zealanders have high blood pressure than they or the Government thinks, according to the results of a national testing drive, which found 32% of Queenstowners tested had blood pressure rea
ODHB: 20 serious medical mistakes in year
PHO transition posts mostly filled
All but one position on the Primary Health Organisation (PHO) transition board had been filled, chairman Dr Conway Powell announced yesterday.
Hospital errors cost 92 lives
Nearly 100 patients died in "serious" incidents in public hospitals during the year to June 30, according to a report out today.
Process a first for health boards
South Island district health boards have come up with a process to cope with possible disagreements among them as they move to develop shared services.
A pain in the back
More is better when it comes to alleviating lower back pain - more exercise, that is.