In a "disappointing" decision by Southern District Health Board, nurses in senior management will be reduced from nine to five, New Zealand Nurses Organisation organiser Lorraine Lobb says.
There is no conclusive evidence red meat increases the risk of bowel cancer, a visiting United States epidemiologist says.
Three distinguished past pupils of King's High School, in Dunedin, have been inducted into the school's "wall of fame".
A "forced arranged marriage" is how Southern District Health Board's chief medical officer describes the health merger of a couple of years ago.
A second medical oncologist who recently joined Dunedin's burgeoning private chemotherapy service is expected to increase patient numbers, Mercy Hospital chief executive Richard Whitney says.
New Southern District Health Board members have been told they may need to spend time on the wards with staff to learn about the reality of the health sector.
A respected Dunedin Hospital specialist is suffering "blatant intimidation" from the Southern District Health Board, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine New Zealand faculty chairman Dr John Bonning says.
Dunedin Hospital Emergency Department (ED) specialists have warned the Southern District Health Board they cannot provide adequate cover for the department's new observation unit.
In a "highly unusual" process, the Southern District Health Board has proposed a formal first warning to a doctor and invited him to argue his case against it, the head of the senior doctors' union says.
Osteoarthritis sufferer Karen Browne says her job gives her the social and financial security many with her condition lack.
The Dunedin City Council received 11 submissions on Mercy Hospital's proposed plan change, a letter to hospital neighbours says.
Lack of funds for a diabetes study is putting at risk work that could place Dunedin at the forefront of stem cell research, University of Otago haematologist and cell biologist Dr Jim Faed says.
A big insurance hike is a "done deal" this year, but the Southern District Health Board is already looking ahead to reduce future premiums, board members heard yesterday in Invercargill.
The senior doctors' union is accusing the Southern District Health Board of attempting to stifle public debate by disciplining a doctor for speaking to the media.
A report on a disturbing series of laboratory errors involving biopsy samples is due to be released either today or tomorrow.
NUMBERS of ear, nose, and throat patients in Otago waiting for surgery rose more than 17% in the past year, but Southern DHB says it is meeting government-mandated time frames.
Dunedin Hospital has changed its policy on feeding mothers of sick babies and will not discriminate between those who breast-feed and those who do not.
Queen Mary maternity services staff past and present are in Dunedin this weekend for a 75th anniversary celebration ball.
A former Dunedin Hospital nurse has been censured by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal for professional misconduct for having a relationship with a patient.
It is "very humbling" starting work as a neurosurgeon in Dunedin on the back of the huge public campaign to save the specialty, newly arrived English neurosurgeon Reuben Johnson says.
