Children without immunisation may be barred from schools
Children who are not immunised against measles risk being sent home from school, the Ministry of Health warned today.
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Waitaki health worker recruitment defended
GPs, PHO must go to mediation
Thirteen general practices which want to leave the Well Dunedin Primary Health Organisation will have to go through a mediation procedure before they can do so.
Job losses in health sector likely - Ryall
Job losses are likely as a result of changes from the review of the health system, Prime Minister John Key and Health Minister Tony Ryall say.
Mixed reaction to health care report
Health boards urged to rethink
Biggest PHO could lose 13 practices
While debate continues over the primary health organisation set-up in the South, Otago's biggest PHO, Well Dunedin, faces losing 13 of its 27 practices.
Health board restructuring unwelcome - association
Major restructuring is the "last thing" the health system needs, the Public Service Association says.
Joint health unit for South discussed today
Today's first joint special meeting of Otago and Southland District Health Boards in Invercargill, which will discuss the contentious super-primary health organisation (PHO) proposal, promises to b
Celebrations dampened by Norovirus threat
Three patients and eight staff members at Tokoroa Hospital were still suffering norovirus-like symptoms this afternoon.