Doctors call off strike
Doctors call off strike
District health boards have welcomed the cancellation of the junior doctors' strike planned for next week.
Eileen Goodwin
Upgrade on hold till land swap clearer
Upgrade on hold till land swap clearer
A planned $8.1m refurbishment of Hayward College has been postponed as it might be part of a land-swap with the Southern DHB so the area can be used for the Dunedin Hospital rebuild.
Quake disrupts crisis communication conference
Quake disrupts crisis communication conference
Christchurch author and journalist Paul Gorman was supposed to speak in Dunedin yesterday about crisis communication after a natural disaster.
Compass: food supply still 'on track'
Compass: food supply still 'on track'
The Southern District Health Board says the closure of part of State Highway 1 yesterday has not affected its meals service, which relies on food trucked from the North Island.
Drug revolutionary but adds to work
Drug revolutionary but adds to the workload
A drug that revolutionised age-related macular degeneration treatment in New Zealand heaped unprecedented strain on to eye departments.
Optometrists want to ease the strain
Optometrists want to ease the strain
Optometrists are calling on ophthalmologists to let them do more to relieve strain in New Zealand’s struggling public hospital eye departments.
Moving on but still awaiting answers
Moving on but still awaiting answers
A man who went blind in one eye because of the crisis in the southern ophthalmology service is still waiting for answers as to how it happened.
Four die in adverse events
Adverse events: four die
A patient died after an ultrasound machine malfunctioned, the death one of four listed in the SDHB's 2015-16 serious adverse events report.
Dunedin US voter looking on bright side
Looking on the bright side
Dejected Hillary Clinton voter Nick Rutledge was yesterday finding solace in the checks and balances that will limit Donald Trump’s power when he takes office.
Injunction sought over strike
Injunction sought over strike
District health boards are heading to court to try to stop junior doctors from going on strike.
Patients turned away from Dunedin Hospital
Patients turned away
Nearly a third of orthopaedic patients referred for a first specialist assessment are being turned away from Dunedin Hospital, a situation described as "untenable".
New provider of Meals on Wheels
Tauranga firm new provider of Meals on Wheels
Compass Group has named its new provider of Meals on Wheels, a service it is overhauling after a difficult start.
SDHB wanted ‘free and frank’ debate
SDHB wanted ‘free and frank’ debate
The need for "free and frank" debate among Southern District Health Board bosses meant they kept quiet about the growing ophthalmology waiting list and cases of patient harm.
Labour to hold 2018 conference in Dunedin
Labour to hold 2018 conference in Dunedin
The Labour Party has announced its 2018 conference will be in Dunedin.
Mental health petition delivered to Parliament
Mental health petition delivered to Parliament
Dunedin mental health campaigners delivered a petition to Parliament this week calling for a nationwide inquiry.
Mental health: Everyone 'feeling the pressure'
Everyone 'is feeling the pressure'
New Zealand’s mental health service is under strain and there are calls for a review, which the Government has resisted. Health reporter Eileen Goodwin spoke to Southern DHB's top mental health clinician, Dr Brad Strong.
SDHB conduct 'unethical'
SDHB conduct 'unethical'
The SDHB was ''grossly unethical'' in not telling patients sooner that they risked permanent sight loss from delayed hospital appointments, an eye doctor says.
Grant stands behind Southern DHB
Grant stands behind Southern DHB
Commissioner Kathy Grant has declined to be interviewed about the patient harm cluster in ophthalmology, but says she has confidence in Southern DHB's medical oversight and governance.
Ministry of Health 'ducking'
Ministry of Health 'ducking'
The Ministry of Health has been accused of ''ducking responsibility'' on the hospital eye appointment ''disaster''.
Plastic domestica
Plastic domestica
Artist Janet de Wagt holds salt and pepper shakers that are part of her Pioneering Plastic exhibition at the Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Hall in Moray Pl, Dunedin.