Wide-reaching functions of Dunedin's National Poisons Centre, including advising on military and national security matters, are threatened by a proposal that could cost up to 14 jobs, centre director Dr Wayne Temple says.
Public opposition to increasing benefit levels means no political party is likely to reverse the cuts that did most to contribute to income inequality, Max Rashbrooke, the editor of a book on the subject, says.
New Zealand is one of two developed countries that allow direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription-only medicine. Critics claim a proposed trade deal could make advertising more worthwhile if drug-buying agency Pharmac is affected. Health reporter Eileen Goodwin looks at the issue.
Every GP should learn acupuncture as a basic pain relief tool, clinicians at a medical conference in Dunedin were told yesterday.
Winning a gold medal in the Special Olympics and selling one of his paintings are among the achievements of Dunedin man Christopher Tavite, who has received a national award.
The Southern District Health Board tried to settle its dispute with South Link Health by offering to halve the more than $7 million interest bill, correspondence about the row shows.
A Dunedin bar manager who poured alcohol into a customer's mouth has been granted his manager's certificate, but for half the usual term.
More immigration and foreign investment would stimulate the economy and attract more talented people to New Zealand, NZX chief executive Tim Bennett said at a forum in Dunedin yesterday.
''Incredibly innovative'' when it started, the Family Mental Health Service in Mosgiel celebrated its 35th anniversary this month.
A visiting show featuring an infamous chapter of southern history is part of a rejuvenation of Mosgiel's Fire Station Community Theatre.
Taieri Dramatic Society secretary Evelyn Mann said tickets were available for a one-off performance on March 25 of Too Far From Heaven.
Dunedin could save more as a city by looking at energy costs than worrying about council spending, American resource economist John Laitner says.
Some people cannot afford the GP visits that will increasingly replace hospital visits, a specialist told health leaders in Dunedin this week.
Nursing vacancies in Dunedin Hospital's emergency department will be filled by the end of the month, the Southern District Health Board has told the College of Emergency Nurses.
Health board employees ''don't deserve the negativity'' of recent reports about the Southern District Health Board, a message to staff from top management says.
A women's health consumer group says the loss of more than 3800 mammograms is more serious than the Southern District Health Board has acknowledged.
Labour will release policy next month on a move to expand a bowel cancer screening pilot, the party's health spokeswoman Annette King confirmed yesterday.
A new work testing regime has started for ill and disabled people, but no-one has been referred in its first couple of weeks.
Citizens Advice Bureau Dunedin is setting up an outreach service in Mosgiel.
Just 13% of pregnant women have accepted the offer of a free whooping cough vaccine, figures released by the Ministry of Health show.
Details have emerged from a nurses' meeting about concerns a lack of staff in Dunedin Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (Nicu) could be harming patients.
