Thousands wait in vain
Thousands wait in vain
More than 3100 SDHB patients are overdue for an eye follow-up appointment as the board continues to deal with a crisis in its ophthalmology service.
Eileen Goodwin
South elects three new MPs
South elects three new MPs
A wrap of the 2017 Election in the South, including videos from Labour, National and the Greens.
Scholarship award after trying therapy to suit Maori women
Scholarship award after trying therapy to suit Maori women
A hunch Maori women could benefit from a non-Western therapy prompted a Dunedin psychologist to embark on an unusual study.
Grant won’t resign over cancer crisis
Grant won’t resign over cancer crisis
Southern District Health Board commissioner Kathy Grant says she is running a "billion-dollar business" and won’t step down over the prostate cancer crisis.
Early votes top 800,000; uncertainty predicted
Early votes top 800,000; uncertainty predicted
More than a million votes will likely be counted and made public by 7.30pm tomorrow, but the country faces at least two weeks of uncertainty, University of Otago law professor Andrew Geddis says.
Woodhouse critical of 'push poll'
Woodhouse critical of 'push poll'
National MP Michael Woodhouse has rubbished a ''push poll'' conducted by the Labour Party about the Dunedin Hospital rebuild.
Cancer revelation dismay
Cancer revelation dismay
The SDHB has back-tracked on what appeared to be an admission from its chief medical officer that delays in its urology department could have shortened the life of at least six cancer patients.
SDHB in damage control after delays
SDHB in damage control after delays
The SDHB has gone into damage control mode over a radio story about its troubled urology department, saying it never admitted six men would have a shorter life because of the delays.
Hospital rebuild will be a tricky proposition
Hospital rebuild will be a tricky proposition
ELECTION ISSUE: David Clark's spent a lot of time attacking National over Dunedin Hospital. With his chance of being health minister boosted by Jacinda Ardern’s leadership, he may soon have to defend it.
Fair pay possible without strikes, Labour says
Fair pay possible without strikes, Labour says
ELECTION ISSUE - INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Labour has ruled out strikes arising from its proposed fair pay agreements, but business is sceptical, Eileen Goodwin reports.
SDHB ranks worst in promised treatment
SDHB ranks worst in promised treatment
For five successive months, the Southern DHB has had the highest proportion of patients missing out on treatment after it was promised, new data reveals.
Student magazine endorses Labour Party
Student magazine endorses Labour Party
In what it calls an "unusual" step, student magazine Critic has endorsed the Labour Party in its last editorial before the election, stating "the only choice for students is clear".
No-fees policy big hit with students
No-fees policy big hit with students
ELECTION ISSUE: Education is a key battleground for the political parties’ competing agendas in this election, Eileen Goodwin reports.
Big problems to address in troubled sector
Big problems to address in troubled sector
ELECTION ISSUES: Health is a problem area for National, but Labour’s plan for the sector is vague, reports Eileen Goodwin.
Day colour helps track problems
Day colour helps track problems
A push for so-called "green days" at Dunedin Hospital has been defended from a claim it is a bureaucratic waste of time.
Some prostate patients to be sent to Southland
Some prostate patients to be sent to Southland
One hundred men are waiting for prostate biopsies at the stressed Dunedin Hospital urology department, and some of them will be sent to Southland Hospital, it has been confirmed.
SDHB names new managers following restructuring
SDHB names new managers following restructuring
New senior managers are being appointed at Southern District Health Board after a long period of high-level departures.
$2.8m for mental health transfers
$2.8m for mental health transfers
The Southern DHB shells out about $2.8 million every year to send patients to a mental health hospital in Christchurch deemed "substandard" by the Canterbury DHB.
Better trauma care could save lives in the South
Better trauma care could save lives in the South
Up to six lives could be saved every year in Otago and Southland through planned changes to trauma care, Dunedin intensive care specialist Mike Hunter says.
Joyce accuses Robertson of cowardice over tax U-turn
Joyce accuses Robertson of cowardice over tax U-turn
National finance spokesman Steven Joyce accused Labour’s Grant Robertson of lacking courage in the pair’s first head-to-head debate since Labour’s tax U-turn.