A large drop in the number of Dunedin Hospital discharge letters sent to GPs in a prompt time period has potential for ''major mishaps'' in patient care, Dr Jill McIlraith says.
Approval for the long-awaited Dunedin Hospital intensive care unit upgrade has been pushed back to March at the earliest, it has been confirmed.
The Southern District Health Board is seeking a head of communications who can ''clearly articulate'' its ''vision'', and improve its relationship with staff and the wider community.
A busy summer lies ahead at the still unnamed 81-lot subdivision between Gladstone Rd North and Hagart Alexander Dr in Mosgiel.
Months of stress and insurance hassles are taking a heavy toll on some people long after most have moved on from the June flood. Health reporter Eileen Goodwin looks at the welfare of those...
General practitioners are having to step up and do more for patients who cannot access over-crowded hospital specialties, Dunedin GP Jill McIlraith says.
Staff at Dunedin Hospital are nervous in the wake of the clinical services building asbestos scare, and want to know the cause of the contamination, health multi-union spokeswoman Deborah Powell says.
Mediaworks is staying tight-lipped about its plans for Radio Dunedin, refusing to discuss possible job losses and content changes.
The Hawke's Bay consultant who will oversee the $300million rebuild of Dunedin Hospital talks to ODT reporter Eileen Goodwin. The Hawke's Bay consultant charged with overseeing the $300...
A document revealing the next step in the Dunedin Hospital clinical services rebuild is ''deeply'' concerning and shows there is no guarantee the city will retain the same level of hospital, Dunedin North MP Dr David Clark says.
Shane Solomon does not like needles.
A new plan dealing with the diabetes epidemic will work if health boards are adequately resourced to implement it, diabetes specialist Prof Jim Mann says.
Sir Malcolm Grant was a young University of Otago law graduate when he left New Zealand to forge a career in England. He is now the chairman of a health system with a yearly budget the size of New Zealand's gross national product, writes Eileen Goodwin.
An ''ideologically driven'' scheme pushed by an organisation ''on its last legs'' foisted an unpopular and economically harmful hospital food scheme on the South.
Wrangling between Wellington and Dunedin means a long-awaited work plan from the team brought in to run the Southern District Health Board is delayed.
The troubled South Dunedin cycle network may be pared back to a single city to sea path to enable it to be completed within budget.
An agency set up to save millions of health dollars achieved $71 million direct savings in its first four years, the Auditor-general's report into the defunct Health Benefits Ltd released yesterday shows.
Increased microchipping has reduced the number of dogs being impounded, says a report to tomorrow's Dunedin City Council planning and regulatory committee.
Madeline Homan (17), of Dunedin, models 1960s Dunedin bride Rosemary McGregor's wedding dress at the Bridal Glamour 2015 show at Knox Church last night.
A fall in resident satisfaction revealed in an annual Dunedin City Council survey has been blamed on the June flood and councillor in-fighting.
