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Southern DHB Appeal Success
Friday, 4 December 2015, 11:34 am | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB Acting Chief Medical Officer says he is delighted that the DHBs appeal to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) against the decision of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association (NZOA) not to allocate orthopaedic training posts ... More >>
Prepared Southern Staff donating to Christmas food banks
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 5:10 pm | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB staff are once again donating foodstuffs from their household preparedness kits to a good cause this Christmas. More >>
Southern DHB deficit progress
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 11:53 am | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB Commissioner, Kathy Grant says that the agreed deficit figure of $35.9 million is one in which the team has confidence, and which is deliverable this year. More >>
Central Otago Pertussis Outbreak Over
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 10:33 am | Southern District Health Board
Public Health South has confirmed the recent outbreak of pertussis in the Central Otago District is now over. More >>
Plunket to Provide Pregnancy and Parenting Services
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 2:05 pm | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB is in the process of negotiating an agreement with the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society (Inc) to run free Pregnancy and Parenting Education Services (PPE) for pregnant women, with a focus on first-time mothers. More >>
Southern DHB Staff Show Support For White Ribbon Day
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 2:43 pm | Southern District Health Board
This Wednesday (25 November) is White Ribbon Day and the Southern District Health Board’s Violence Intervention Programme team is already on the job with a series of initiatives to show support for Violence Free Families. More >>
Launch of Southern DHB 2014/2015 Quality Account
Friday, 13 November 2015, 1:23 pm | Southern District Health Board
Launch of Southern DHB 2014/2015 Quality Account Southern DHB will launch its 2014/2015 Quality Account next week to showcase its performance excellence and quality improvement over the past 12 months. “We’re delighted to be able to share our 2014/2015 Account ... More >>
Southern DHB Staff Recognised for Good Ideas
Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 2:20 pm | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB today (Wednesday 4 November 2015) announced the five winners of its 2015 Southern Innovation Challenge, including the Grand Winner. More >>
National Patient Safety week at Southern DHB
Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 1:56 pm | Southern District Health Board
This week Southern DHB is joining with the Health Quality & Safety Commission and other DHBs to celebrate Patient Safety Week. More >>
Entire clinical services block has now been tested
Friday, 23 October 2015, 4:49 pm | Southern District Health Board
Further test results from intensive swabs taken yesterday, were received today. No further areas returned positive results – which is very good news. More >>
Further test results received
Friday, 23 October 2015, 8:53 am | Southern District Health Board
Following today’s announcement that traces of asbestos had been discovered in the clinical services block at Dunedin Hospital further results were received this afternoon. More >>
Asbestos found during routine testing at Dunedin Hospital
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 11:46 am | Southern District Health Board
Routine testing for asbestos at Dunedin Hospital has identified a number of areas with positive surface swab results, however air testing has been negative. “The wellbeing and safety of staff, patients and visitors at Dunedin Hospital is a priority,” ... More >>
Southern DHB supports Infection Prevention Week
Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 10:12 am | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB is supporting International Infection Prevention (IPC) week (October 19 – 24) to spread the message that everyone plays a role in infection prevention. More >>
Southern DHB showcasing its information systems
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 12:02 pm | Southern District Health Board
Representatives from the Ministry of Health, Canterbury DHB and the Southern Cancer Network are visiting Southern DHB today and tomorrow to review and learn about the DHBs Faster Cancer Treatment (FCT), Multidisciplinary Meeting (MDM) and other IT ... More >>
Southern DHB Executive Director of Communications Moves On
Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 12:02 pm | Southern District Health Board
Southern District Health Board Executive Director of Communications, Steve Addison, has announced that he is leaving the position to start his own business. “Steve has been with the DHB for close to four years and we will miss his experience and ... More >>
“Supporting Parents, Healthy Children” Guidelines
Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 4:15 pm | Southern District Health Board
29 September 2015 The Ministry of Health today launched a guideline for supporting children of parents with a mental illness at the Southern DHB. Dr John Crawshaw, Director and Chief Advisor of Mental Health at the Ministry of Health, says children ... More >>
Southern District Health Board exceeds surgery target
Monday, 21 September 2015, 2:46 pm | Southern District Health Board
The Southern District Health Board exceeded the number of elective surgeries it was required to deliver in the past 12 months, meaning more people have received the help they need. More >>
Innovative Staff Battle it out at Southern DHB
Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 4:41 pm | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB is again working with staff to come up with innovative ideas to improve health service delivery. This year, ten applications will be judged in the Southern Innovation Challenge, a competition designed to give DHB staff the opportunity to ... More >>
Thousands of Kiwis urged to stop smoking this October
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 10:00 am | Southern District Health Board
From 1 October, thousands of Kiwis will be taking part in the 31-day stop smoking challenge. More >>
85th Year Birthday Gift for Queenstown’s Newest Arrival
Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 2:09 pm | Southern District Health Board
One of Queenstown’s newest arrivals, baby Tim Craigie received a unique birthday gift from one of its more senior residents when Mary Lines from Arrowtown, who turned 85 years old on the 2nd September, gifted a special woollen blanket that she had ... More >>
