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Push To Boost Cervical Screening
Monday, 2 March 2026, 3:58 pm | WellSouth
Regular screening can prevent most cases by detecting high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) early, before cancer develops. More >>
Rural Breast Screening Bus Back
Wednesday, 18 February 2026, 4:20 pm | WellSouth
Screening mammography alone won’t prevent breast cancer, but evidence shows that regular screening does help with early detection. A free mammography is available every two years through the BSA programme. More >>
Pasifika And Māori Medical Scholarships Awarded
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 3:23 pm | WellSouth
The annual WellSouth Primary Care General Practice Award has been given to top-achieving Pasifika and Māori final year Medical Students in General Practice. More >>
Progress And Investment Mark WellSouth’s Financial Year
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 4:42 pm | WellSouth
Workforce resilience, immunisation coverage, and culturally safe engagement will be key to sustaining gains and achieving national performance targets in 2025–26, Mr Swanson-Dobbs says. More >>
Newborn Welcome Programme To Boost Enrolments And Immunisations
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 12:58 pm | WellSouth
The newborn welcome packs have been delivered to 78 general practices in Otago and Southland by the local primary health organisation (PHO) for the Southern Region, WellSouth Primary Health Network. More >>
Southern Screening Rates Are Up
Thursday, 25 September 2025, 5:15 pm | WellSouth
Data at 10 September, 2025, shows the current cervical screening rates for women aged 25-69 years old in Otago and Southland is improving. More >>
Southern’s Access And Choice Programme Celebrates Five Years Of Free Mental Health Support
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 1:33 pm | WellSouth
Since it began in August 2020, the programme has delivered more than 175,000 sessions to over 56,000 people, making mental health and wellbeing support more accessible to individuals and whānau across Otago and Southland. More >>
Southern Nurse Training Hits Milestone
Tuesday, 5 August 2025, 10:36 am | WellSouth
The Te Waipounamu RN Prescribing in Community Health programme enables nurses across the South Island to prescribe common medications such as antibacterials, pain management, gynaecological and urinary agents on top of their existing clinical care. More >>
Thousands In The South Benefiting From CPCT
Thursday, 24 July 2025, 12:20 pm | WellSouth
This is according to a new evaluation report by WellSouth, the primary health organisation (PHO) for Southland and Otago, which facilitates the Health New Zealand-funded programme locally. More >>
A Gold For Southern Fracture Service
Tuesday, 15 July 2025, 12:20 pm | WellSouth
The Southern Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) has achieved a gold award in the International Osteoporosis Foundation’s programme for fragility fracture care, based on five administrative and clinical quality domains against 13 performance standards. More >>
WellSouth Statement On New HNZ Telemedicine Announcement
Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 12:16 pm | WellSouth
That is why at WellSouth, we are investing in building and sustaining our local general practice workforce, through new investment in training and supporting our GP registrars and new nurse practitioners, in addition to our existing nursing workforce and Health ... More >>
From WellSouth Primary Health Network CEO Mr Andrew Swanson-Dobbs
Friday, 23 May 2025, 10:13 am | WellSouth
Too often the focus is on secondary care – investing in hospitals. While this is important, general practice plays a critical role. Primary care will reduce hospital demand through early intervention and chronic disease management, and support community-based ... More >>
Moana Lei Events For Women’s Health
Friday, 2 May 2025, 12:54 pm | WellSouth
The events are designed to empower women, offering health information and health checks to them in a culturally safe and accessible space. More >>
Giving More Voice To Future Health Care Planning
Friday, 11 April 2025, 2:43 pm | WellSouth
WellSouth has created a funding stream for practices to claim for processing ACPs, alongside offering training and support via two dedicated WellSouth Shared Care Plan Coordinators. More >>
Pressure Cooker In Rural General Practice
Friday, 4 April 2025, 6:17 pm | WellSouth
CEO of WellSouth, the primary health organisation for Otago and Southland, Andrew Swanson-Dobbs says the WellSouth Primary Care Survey was established to understand the challenges facing primary care providers in the Southern region directly from ... More >>
WellSouth Boosts Free Flu Vaccination Eligibility
Monday, 31 March 2025, 4:32 pm | WellSouth
Persons aged 65 and over or people who have long-term medical conditions like diabetes, asthma, or a heart condition and/or long-term mental health conditions are already eligible for a free vaccination. More >>
Gore Health Staff Recognised For Their Dedication
Monday, 31 March 2025, 3:28 pm | WellSouth
Gore Health Centre, a medium-sized general practice adjacent to Gore Hospital, with support from Collaborative Aotearoa, has embraced a patient appreciation tool developed by HUMAN by ShareGratitude. More >>
CPCT - A Success Story In Southern
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 3:18 pm | WellSouth
CPCT, a national programme funded by Te Whatu Ora, was established to improve equity of access and health outcomes for people living in rural communities, Māori and Pacific Peoples. More >>
Interns Help PHO With Pasifika Immunisation Picture
Monday, 3 March 2025, 10:42 am | WellSouth
Author of the WellSouth Pacific Health Strategic Framework, WellSouth Clinical Advisor – Pasifika, Dr Letava Tafuna’i, says that students are typically hosted by a Pacific healthcare provider, however this year WellSouth requested to have students ... More >>
WellSouth To Improve Breast Screening As The Breast Screen Bus Hits The South
Monday, 13 January 2025, 3:37 pm | WellSouth
Since October 2024, and for the first time, WellSouth now has the contract from Christchurch-based ScreenSouth Limited, that administers BreastScreen Aotearoa Services through BreastScreen South and BreastScreen Otago Southland, the national breast screening programmes ... More >>
