Health

Leith House and Rest Home is no more, as its new owners have given the rest-home a new name, and a plan to introduce hospital-level care.

The Neo-Natal Trust (Otago) has launched a $10,000 fund to support ongoing education for neo-natal nurses.

The Ministry of Health is reviewing a cancer treatment offered only at Dunedin Hospital.

There is an urgent need to address patient safety issues in general practice, University of Otago researcher and general practitioner Dr Katharine Wallis says.

Southland Hospital will receive more than $500,000 for a programme it began this year to improve productivity in its operating theatres.

Keiko Ogura writes to me from Japan: "The number of hibakusha is increasing."

Southern District Health Board members are not likely to have detailed costings of the various options when they make their initial decision on Wakatipu health services.