Wanaka or Cromwell are the likely two site options for a new primary birthing unit to meet the fast-growing area’s needs, says Southern DHB chief executive Chris Fleming
Letters inviting the first patient referrals for free colonoscopies will soon be on the way to all southern general practices, says Southland Charity Hospital chair Murray Pfiefer
A two-metre-high billboard glowing “Coronavirus” in large letters is not the greeting jet-lagged travellers want to see when arriving home to Auckland Airport
An “overarching failure” of Department of Corrections’ health services in their care of a woman on remand has been criticised by deputy health and disability commissioner Kevin Allan
Evaluation of WellSouth’s homegrown long-term conditions programme CLIC is under way to ensure that, two years on, it is meeting the needs of patients and practices
GPs and practice managers lobbying the health ministry for funding to close the practice nurse pay gap have been stonewalled in a response from director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield
Online GP service SwiftMed is in hiatus with a message on its website turning away new patients but inviting interested medical practitioners to get in touch