Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB nurse shortage puts patients at risk of harm
Patients are at risk of harm as a shortage of nurses on Southern District Health Board wards forces some to ration their care.
The problem was unearthed as part of a review into its safe-staffing… Audio
Roadside birth shows risks of maternity services downgrade - midwife
A Lumsden midwife says a mother who gave birth in an ambulance on the side of a rural highway yesterday morning would have never been put in such a dangerous position if the local maternity facilities… Audio
Colonoscopy concerns: Review restricted
Auditors reviewing Southland cases where concerns had been raised about colonoscopy access through the Southern District Health Board decided to limit their review because it was taking too long to…
Disabled man waits 18 months for bathroom modifications
Dunedin man Joshua Perry has launched a petition calling on the government to speed up the lengthy wait times faced by disabled people wanting their bathrooms to be modified so they're safe. Video, Audio
Dunedin Hospital 'running on a knife edge'
Labour's health spokesperson David Clark says treatment delays at Dunedin Hospital that may have led to shortened life expectancies for at least six men are representative of the human cost of a focus… Audio
Men face shortened lives due to Southern DHB failures
At least six men may have had their lives shortened due to failures by the Southern District Health Board, which admits that number is likely to be higher. Southern District Health Board Chief Medical… Video, Audio
Southern DHB's life-shortening failure
Several men may have had their lives shortened by "unreasonable" delays in prostate cancer treatment at Dunedin Hospital - and many more will be in the same position, the Southern DHB says. Video, Audio
Psychiatrist and DHB criticised over woman's death
A psychiatrist and the Southern District Health Board have been criticised over the care of a woman who was found dead at home.
Southern DHB promises quick response to cancer delay problem
The Southern District Health Board says it will move as fast as it can to improve poor care for patients needing prostate cancer and other treatment. RNZ health correspondent Karen Brown tells us the… Audio
Southern DHB needs to act fast - union
The senior doctors' union is calling on the Southern District Health Board to act quickly on the problem of long waiting times for patient care.
'People will die waiting for the attention they need'
There is a "crisis of patient care" at Dunedin Hospital, says a medical body head, but the DHB says there is no quick fix for the problem of cancer patients left waiting for urgent surgery. Video, Audio
Southern DHB hasn't sent patients to Mercy Hospital since June 30
Southern District Health Board's CEO Chris Fleming says the board has not sent patients to Mercy Hospital since June 30, and is delivering more work across the DHB than in previous years. Video, Audio
Health Minister 'a coward', prostate cancer patient says
Prostate cancer patient Paul Schofield says the Health Minister is a coward and calls on Southern District Health Board's CEO to resign over the DHB's urology department's inefficiencies. Video, Audio
Southern DHB CEO has 'significant concerns' about urology department
Southern District Health Board's CEO Chris Fleming says a wait list for prostate surgery is unsatisfactory, and the urology department is not acting efficiently. Audio
Cancer may have spread while patients wait for surgery
Prostate cancer patients have been waiting unacceptable times for surgery under Southern District Health board, and it's possible their cancer may have spread while they wait, Prostate NZ CEO says. Audio
Not enough ICU beds at Southern DHB, CEO says
Southern District Health Board's CEO Chris Fleming says the DHB does not have enough ICU beds and patient care is being delayed as a result. Video, Audio
Chronic bed shortage forces surgery delays in Dunedin
Several Southern DHB patients have had surgeries delayed multiple times because of a bed shortage in the intensive care unit, with one man passing away while he waited. Video, Audio
14 people suffer eyesight loss after long waits for treatment
Fourteen people have suffered moderate or major loss of vision while waiting for treatment. The Southern District Health Board says mistakes like this won't happen again. Audio
Heptatitis campaigner slams DHB's stance on buyers club
Dunedin law student Hazel Heal was cured of Hepatitis C after importing drugs from overseas. She talks to Morning Report about her campaign to help hundreds of others do the same. Audio
Pressure on Southern DHB to help hepatitis C sufferers
Southern District Health Board is under growing pressure to join other health boards in helping hepatitis C sufferers get access to life saving antiviral drugs through an overseas buyers club… Audio