At midnight Sunday, an elected board take over governing a Southern DHB that is in better shape despite still being $44 million in deficit; that is how the outgoing commissioners see it
No definite opening date has yet been set for Greymouth’s beleaguered new hospital which is running two years late and is $22 million over the original budget
Primary care leaders are pushing for the next Budget to allow general practice capitation funding to take health inequities and high needs into account
GPs and nurses in many South Island practices can now see at a glance online their patients who have attended the emergency department, or been discharged from hospital and may need follow-up
Westport’s biggest general practice is relocating this weekend in the long-awaited first step towards demolishing and replacing the ageing Buller Hospital