Kitchen job losses outlined
Kitchen job losses outlined
Up to 20% of hospital kitchen jobs in the South could be lost if a proposal to outsource southern hospital kitchens goes ahead.
Eileen Goodwin
Real change coming: caregiver
Real change coming: caregiver
The caregiver behind the equal pay case that has shaken the aged care sector has seen her hourly pay rate go up by less than $5 during 23 years in the same job.
Hospital fund cut disparity warning
Hospital fund cut disparity warning
A proposed 5% funding cut by the Southern District Health Board for its rural hospitals will affect some areas more than others, Clutha Health First chief executive Ray Anton says.
Old Leopard back rumbling around town
Old Leopard back rumbling around town
Proceeds from the Otago Heritage Bus Society's Easter service will be used to restore the society's latest acquisition to its original colours.
Board discusses suicide conundrum
Board discusses suicide conundrum
The high proportion of suicide victims who had contact with the mental health service in the year before their death was discussed at a recent Southern District Health Board meeting.
Charger starts fire
Charger starts fire
A firefighter and onlookers stand outside a house fire in central Dunedin yesterday.
Multiple charges include robbery
Multiple charges include robbery
A 26-year-old Dunedin man has been remanded in custody facing a raft of charges after an alleged spree of offending over Easter weekend, including the robbery of the Fairfield Store and Takeaways, in Dunedin, and failing to stop for police.
New model for health centre
New model for health centre
A Ngai Tahu-run health centre planned for South Dunedin will deliver care in a different way, Te Runanga o Otakou chairwoman Donna Matahaere-Atariki says.
Role's focus on rebuild
Role's focus on rebuild
The head of finance at Southern District Health Board is switching to a new position focused solely on the Dunedin Hospital rebuild.
Plea goes out to searchers
Plea goes out to searchers
A huge community-led effort to find missing Alexandra woman Denise Potter has prompted a police warning to the public that the search needs to be co-ordinated.
Meeting sheds no light on deficit
Meeting sheds no light on deficit
Little more information was given at the Southern District Health Board meeting in Dunedin on Thursday about the board's dire financial position.
Report suggests further delay for hospital rebuild
Report suggests further delay for hospital rebuild
A report suggesting another delay for the rebuild of the clinical services building at Dunedin Hospital is just a ''pessimistic guess'', Southern District Health Board finance head Peter Beirne says.
Surgical suite waterproofed
Surgical suite waterproofed
Almost a year after parts of the surgical theatre suite were drenched, causing surgery delays, work to repair leaks in the clinical services building at Dunedin Hospital is all but finished.
Emphasis on healthier staff menus
Emphasis on healthier staff menus
Hospital staff could face smaller meal portions under changes proposed in a healthy food and drink policy at the Southern District Health Board.
Warning to stay alert over milk powder
Warning to stay alert over milk powder
Parents have been urged to remain vigilant for signs of tampering as the deadline for the 1080 milk powder blackmail scare passed yesterday.
Many forces at play in hospital food proposal
Many forces at play in hospital food proposal
Southern District Health Board kitchen staff have waited about two years to find out whether the board will go ahead with an outsourcing proposal. Health reporter Eileen Goodwin speaks to some of those involved, and looks at the background of the issue.
Savings not only factor
Savings not only factor
A saving of 0.05% does not sound like much, but it is about what the Southern District Health Board stands to save as a proportion of income if it outsources its kitchens.
50% drop in opioid's use in South
50% drop in opioid's use in South
Prescribing of the opioid oxycodone has reduced by ''at least'' 50% in the past year at the two main southern hospitals, southern district medicines management committee chairman Dr Paul Tomlinson says.
Hospital food outsourcing critics air concerns
Hospital food outsourcing critics air concerns
Concern over the proposed outsourcing of hospital kitchens dominated the first 30 minutes of a Southern District Health Board public meeting in Dunedin last night.
Organiser honoured
Organiser honoured
Veteran pony show organiser Tina Bungard has been recognised at the show she founded 25 years ago.