Mike Houlahan

Joseph Clements organised and produced a party in May celebrating his life and work - but bowel cancer meant he never got to see the Whare Flat show.

About 8% of New Zealand children have social, emotional and/or behavioural problems, and another 7% are on the borderline of having issues, Ministry of Health statistics say.

A focus by the University of Otago on recruiting Maori and Pacific Islander health sciences students has resulted in their numbers soaring in the past six years.

Dental school dean Paul Brunton is overseeing a rebuild of the facility.

New Zealand is overdue a comprehensive survey of its general practices, with new University of Otago research being the first look at practice size and location since 2001-02.

The southern region’s first colonoscopy under the national bowel screening programme will be carried out today in Dunedin Hospital’s new gastroenterology department.

Southern region patients' voices need to be heard by the district health board and WellSouth PHO, the Community Health Council says.

Two new statistical tools are now available online to help people monitor health trends and the performance of their district health boards.

A University of Otago researcher is playing a leading role in saving lives in the Pacific Islands.

Wrecking ball front rowers, towering locks, sniping half backs and fleet-of-foot wingers were in abundance at the annual Taieri 7-a-side tournament yesterday.

Public meetings in Otago and Southland last week marked the halfway point in the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction.

The cost of dental treatment struck a raw nerve with Otago Daily Times readers last Saturday.

No statistical survey will ever be perfect, the director of the University of Otago’s biostatistics unit, Robin Turner, says.

The Southern District Health Board has delayed the release of its revised maternity system proposal again.

Nurses will make up their own minds whether to accept a pay offer from district health boards, without direction from their union.

The Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction is committed to reflecting what it hears at its public meetings in its final report, chairman Ron Paterson told a public meeting in Dunedin last night.

The first phase of the detailed business case for the new Dunedin hospital will be finished within the next couple of months, project chairman Pete Hodgson said.