Delayed flu vaccine slated to arrive early next month
Delayed flu vaccine slated to arrive early next month
The flu vaccine will arrive a few weeks late this year because it had to be changed to include strains missed in the northern hemisphere.
Eileen Goodwin
Board welcomes health centre proposal
Board welcomes health centre proposal
The prospect of a new health centre in Mosgiel has been welcomed by the chairman of the local community board.
Concerns allayed on scanner use
Concerns allayed on scanner use
A study of CT scan rates in the South has allayed concerns Oamaru over-uses its scanner, Oamaru Hospital chief executive Robert Gonzales says.
Clear guide to women's medicine
Clear guide to women's medicine
A new book on medicines for women is aimed at the ''intelligent lay person'' as well as health professionals, its editor, Mira Harrison-Woolrych, says.
Call for more patient-centred care
Call for more patient-centred care
Dunedin organisation BPAC NZ is adapting English medical guidelines for New Zealand. Prof David Haslam, of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, visited Dunedin this week. Health reporter Eileen Goodwin attended his talk.
Call for overhaul of respite care after court victory
Call for overhaul of respite care after court victory
A legal win for respite carers should prompt an overhaul of the entire system, Carers' Society Otago manager Susan Easterbrook says.
Dilemma of when to rebuild ICU
Dilemma of when to rebuild ICU
A dilemma faces the Southern District Health Board as it decides whether to fully redevelop its Dunedin intensive care unit (ICU) now, or wait until the $200 million rebuild.
Curran: what about CEOs?
Curran: what about CEOs?
The MP pay rise backtracking is a start, but chief executive pay should also be in the Government's sights, Dunedin South Labour MP Clare Curran says.
Hospital rebuild group formation pleases MP
Hospital rebuild group formation pleases MP
The Ministry of Health is forming a group, to include The Treasury, which will plan the rebuild of the Dunedin Hospital clinical services building.
New health centre possible
New health centre possible
A new health centre may be built in Mosgiel, but the plan is in its ''embryo'' phase, subdivision developer Syd Brown says.
Ambulance bought with bequest
Ambulance bought with bequest
A bequest has enabled St John to buy a new $200,000 ambulance to service the Taieri area.
SDHB patient details mistakenly emailed
SDHB patient details mistakenly emailed
Southern District Health Board staff have been reminded to take more care after the details of 60 surgical patients were mistakenly emailed to someone.
NZ just a 'minnow' in controversial TPP deal
NZ just a 'minnow' in controversial TPP deal
The Trans-Pacific Partnership will increase the power of global corporations, and be a bit like the SkyCity convention centre deal on ''super steroids'', Prof Jane Kelsey told an audience in Dunedin yesterday.
Flu vaccine expected to work better in NZ
Flu vaccine expected to work better in NZ
The flu vaccine is expected to be far more effective in the southern hemisphere than in the northern hemisphere, where, in England, it has achieved a success rate of just 3%.
'Quit smoking' query
'Quit smoking' query
A big drop in the number of southern patients asked about smoking by their GP is being investigated, WellSouth Primary Health Network says.
No takers for job, MP says
No takers for job, MP says
No-one seems to want the ''hospital pass'' of being chairman of the beleaguered Southern District Health Board, Dunedin North MP David Clark says.
Call to use UN seat to seek resolution
Call to use UN seat to seek resolution
New Zealand must use its position on the United Nations Security Council to push for resolution of long-standing grievances in the Middle East, because a military response by itself will not win the ''battle of ideas'', a University of Otago international relations specialist says.
ISIS rehab centre considers name change
ISIS rehab centre considers name change
The ISIS Centre at Wakari Hospital in Dunedin may be renamed because of the unwelcome reminder of its terrorist namesake.
Future of vulnerable specialties unclear
Future of vulnerable specialties unclear
A controversial health plan says some specialties at Dunedin Hospital are struggling and may need to be combined with those of other health boards. Health reporter Eileen Goodwin set out to...
Talks over redirecting patients
Talks over redirecting patients
Some South Island cardiothoracic patients seem likely to be redirected to other hospitals to give Dunedin more patients.