Eileen Goodwin

New Zealand Post is making further cuts to its delivery network.

District health boards have accused a medical union of running a public scare campaign in order to leverage support for its pay claim.

A senior mental health doctor has criticised New Zealand’s lack of a suicide elimination goal in a talk at a suicide prevention event in Dunedin.

Early childhood representatives celebrating the 20th anniversary of an educational milestone yesterday expressed concern that a review could imperil its achievements.

Flatting for senior citizens is a great way to free up houses for younger people, while providing companionship, fun and affordable accommodation for older people.

World Suicide Prevention Day will be marked in Dunedin tomorrow with a candle-lighting ceremony, a kapa haka performance, and a panel of guest speakers.

Some medical secretaries at Dunedin Hospital will receive a wage increase of nearly $10,000 as part of a pay deal for South Island health board clerical staff.

A quiet street in Leith Valley in Dunedin is the perfect spot to remember the late Fred Hollows, his daughter Tanya Woolcott says.

A ban in the United States of the main ingredients found in antibacterial soaps reflects changing attitudes towards the role of bacteria, a University of Otago infectious diseases authority says.

The 15-year hospital food service contract with the Compass Group had to be renegotiated because so few DHBs had joined, it has emerged.

The only doctor on the Southern District Health Board commissioner team has resigned.

Prime Minister John Key was questioned about the Dunedin Hospital rebuild and the Invermay downgrade at a party fundraiser in Dunedin last week.

Dunedin Hospital’s newest staff member might just be its cutest.

Academics facing an uncertain future in the United Kingdom appear to be eyeing positions at the University of Otago.