Rest home theft, staff mistreatment allegations
Rest home theft, staff mistreatment allegations
There are claims of theft, teabag rationing and poor treatment of staff at Woodhaugh Rest Home and Hospital in Dunedin.
Eileen Goodwin
Departing staff paid $643k
Departing staff paid $643k
Staff termination payments increased by more than five times in the year that several senior staff departed from Southern District Health Board.
Consultants bill SDHB for $1.1m
Consultants bill SDHB for $1.1m
The total bill for two Auckland finance consultants working at Southern District Health Board topped $1.1 million, new figures show.
Double blow for ED adds to stress
Double blow for ED adds to stress
The Dunedin Hospital emergency department has lost its clinical leader and had its training accreditation downgraded.
University counselling reduced under scheme
University counselling reduced under scheme
Counselling sessions per student have been cut under a new scheme to manage demand at the University of Otago’s Student Health.
Screening editorial costs Cox position
Screening editorial costs Cox position
A University of Otago cancer-screening authority has been sacked from a national committee for going public with concerns about a change to the cervical screening programme.
Charlie’s struggle changed us: dad
Charlie’s struggle changed us: dad
Charlie Ryall is a fighter.
Consultants appointed
Consultants appointed
The Australasian consulting firm whose controversial report upset senior Dunedin research clinicians recently has been chosen to run the next big stage of the Dunedin Hospital redevelopment project.
Health board wants CEO post filled by December
Health board wants CEO post filled by December
The Southern District Health Board hopes to appoint a permanent chief executive in December, Government documents show.
Surplus courthouse items given away
Surplus courthouse items given away
Allied Pickford movers load furniture from the Dunedin Courthouse in lower Stuart St yesterday.
For sale: blasts from the past
For sale: blasts from the past
It's hammer time for Craig Kenton's "iconic'' collection of 1980s ghetto blasters.
Funding sanitary products`interesting question'
Funding sanitary products`interesting question'
Pharmac would consider an application to fund sanitary products, but no-one has ever asked, the pharmaceutical purchasing agency says.
Colonoscopy access praised
Colonoscopy access praised
With a family history of bowel cancer, Dunedin man Wayne McFarlane has paid close attention to plans for a screening programme.
Govt urged to go further on packaging
Govt urged to go further on packaging
The Government is urged to be more radical when it considers the design and regulation of plain packages for cigarettes.
Chilcot report contains lessons for New Zealand
Chilcot report contains lessons for New Zealand
New Zealand can draw lessons from the Chilcot inquiry's dissection of the process that led to the "deeply flawed'' decision to invade Iraq, international relations authority Prof Robert Patman says.
Concerns over screening (+ video)
Concerns over screening (+ video)
There is concern about the Government's bowel-screening programme, which critics say was rushed out as a Budget announcement. Questions about workforce readiness remain. Health reporter...
Bowel-screening scheme for South in 2018
Bowel-screening scheme for South in 2018
The Southern District Health Board will be one of the first boards where a new national bowel-screening programme is introduced, but a senior doctor has warned the programme needs to be adequately resourced.
Brain scans planned for Dunedin Study
Brain scans planned for Dunedin Study
The Dunedin Study will benefit from a powerful MRI machine installed at a new imaging unit in the city.
Fleming returning to SDHB
Fleming returning to SDHB
An experienced health board chief executive has been seconded to run the Southern District Health Board for six months.
MP hits back at health changes claim
MP hits back at health changes claim
A legal requirement to consult the public on major health changes in their area has been fulfilled, Southern Partnership Group chairman Andrew Blair says. However, Dunedin North MP David Clark...