A ''constant obsession'' with deficits at the Southern District Health Board has created a toxic atmosphere of blame and stress, departing medical director Dr James Knight says.
Dunedin-based List MP Michael Woodhouse has become Minister of Police and also Minister of Workplace Relations, and has retained Immigration in the Government's new Cabinet line-up.
Private provider Fertility Associates has been named preferred provider for the Otago Fertility Service in a joint South Island service.
The Southern District Health Board says it is taking steps to prepare for the ''unlikely event'' of an Ebola outbreak.
The Southern District Health Board is ''stunned'' by an article in student magazine Critic, which it says breached the privacy of patients.
Chris McKinlay is looking forward to starting his new role as principal of Elmgrove School, in Mosgiel.
Mental health service users are upset about a proposal to shift a central city mental health team to Wakari. The Southern District Health Board is considering the move to save money.
The importance of keeping chemical substances in their proper containers has been highlighted in a Dunedin-based study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today.
Orthopaedic surgeon Associate Prof David Gwynne-Jones has resigned as Dunedin Hospital's orthopaedics clinical leader, citing frustration with the Southern District Health Board.
Rarely in politics does reality exceed expectations, but on Saturday night National Party faithful had difficulty believing their good fortune.
The Green Party is set to hold Prime Minister John Key to his promise not to move the party further to the right.
A family connection drew leading soprano Marie McLaughlin to Dunedin to adjudicate at the Senior Vocal Festival 2014.
A 20% increase in drugs dished out to older people is mainly because of the ageing population rather than drugs being overprescribed, the Ministry of Health says.
The Greens would not give free GP visits to all over-65-year-olds, as it believes in targeted assistance, Green Party health spokesman Kevin Hague told a conference in Dunedin yesterday.
The Southern District Health Board says it replaced senior nursing staff who left its Dunedin emergency department and rejects claims from a Labour MP who says the departures left it short of experienced staff.
Nurse-to-patient ratios in Dunedin Hospital's emergency department are being stretched to as many as one to 10, Dunedin North MP Dr David Clark says.
The heat is on over the immediate future of the Otago Therapeutic Pool, in Dunedin.
Dismayed pool users are vowing to fight the closure of Dunedin's physio pool.
Everyone agrees the run-down Dunedin Hospital clinical services building needs to be replaced or completely refurbished. But the go-ahead for the project depends on the Southern District Health...
Lives were put at risk from couch fires lit too close to houses in Dunedin's student quarter, Dunedin police and the Fire Service have warned.
