Health industrial action talks bid
Health industrial action talks bid
Mediation starts tomorrow in Wellington in a bid to avert the biggest industrial action in health in a decade.
Eileen Goodwin
Scaffolding rises at Dunedin Hospital
Scaffolding rises at Dunedin Hospital
Scaffolding has started to go up on Dunedin Hospital's clinical services building, which is being repaired to stop leaks.
Study challenges hand-sanitiser use
Study challenges hand-sanitiser use
The use of hand-sanitisers in classrooms did not reduce school sick leave in children, Dunedin-led research published in an academic journal found.
Dunedin Nth voter enrolments lagging
Dunedin Nth voter enrolments lagging
Just over 78% of Dunedin North electors have so far enrolled to vote in next month's election.
Helping over-65s questioned
Helping over-65s questioned
A Dunedin poverty campaigner is ''slightly puzzled'' by Labour's promise of free GP visits for older people, which she says will increasingly benefit the ''selfish generation'' of baby boomers.
Shortage of medical specialists predicted
Shortage of medical specialists predicted
Nearly one in five specialists could retire in the next five years, creating a ''precarious'' situation, the latest workforce report of the senior doctors' union says.
Helpline provision causes concern
Helpline provision causes concern
Negotiations determining the fate of the Dunedin-based National Poisons Centre are not transparent, and may result in a significantly downgraded service presented as a fait accompli, Dunedin North MP Dr David Clark says.
Candidate quits over Act race remarks
Candidate quits over Act race remarks
Act New Zealand's Dunedin North candidate has quit, citing a ''fundamental disagreement'' with leader Dr Jamie Whyte over race relations.
Trust will lobby to keep pool
Trust will lobby to keep pool
In a bid to stop the closure of Dunedin's physio pool, the trust that runs the facility will appeal to Southern District Health Board members in Dunedin tomorrow.
Training cuts make workers unsafe, PSA says
Training cuts make workers unsafe, PSA says
Cuts to training and development mean some Southern District Health Board staff are facing unsafe situations, a Public Service Association organiser says.
Mums, bubs latch on to breast-feeding event
Mums, bubs latch on to breast-feeding event
More than 30 mums and babies participated in The Big Latch On in Meridian mall, organiser Natalie Sinclair said.
Pool upgrade figures released
Pool upgrade figures released
Southern District Health Board has released preliminary costings for the physio pool upgrade it claims will cost up to $1 million.
Something special about physio facility
Something special about physio facility
The swims that transformed paraplegic Jim Duncan's life after a devastating cycling crash will end if the physio pool closes in December.
Vaccine 'effective enough'
Vaccine 'effective enough'
Funding the influenza vaccine for older people is worth the cost, despite its lower effectiveness in that demographic, Auckland University Immunisation Advisory Centre director Dr Nikki Turner says.
Dramatic turnaround in fortunes
Dramatic turnaround in fortunes
Hard work has turned around the fortunes of the Taieri Dramatic Society, departed president Irene Mosley says.
Chorus a no-show at Outram internet meeting
Chorus a no-show at Outram internet meeting
Telecommunication infrastructure provider Chorus declined to attend a public meeting held in Outram last night to discuss the area's slow internet connection speed.
At odds over changes to hospital meal plan
At odds over changes to hospital meal plan
District health boards have no control over plans to give their patients ''cheaper, fattier mince'', because that is what the Minister of Health presumably wants, Southern DHB member Richard Thomson says.
Steampunk a winner for designer
Steampunk a winner for designer
Dunedin designer Simone Montgomery won the supreme award at the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards, but will be keeping her day job as a nurses' union organiser.
Council must support vulnerable, too: Calvert
Council must support vulnerable, too: Calvert
Small-spending stalwart Cr Hilary Calvert has emerged an unlikely champion of the Dunedin City Council stepping in to save the city's physio pool.
You use it, you pay
You use it, you pay
Dunedin physio pool users will have to pay the cost if they want to keep the pool open.