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Andy Jackson/Stuff With the date of flu vaccinations already pushed back, an Invercargill general practice is hoping to spare its staff the abuse they suffered when flu jabs were in short supply in Southland in 2020. An Invercargill general practice is pre-emptively warning patients about possible flu vaccination delays because of the flack its staff copped last year. Patients ringing Queens Park General Practice during office hours will hear an automated message saying that despite multiple assurances from the Ministry of Health that flu vaccinations would be ready on time “yet again this...

The decision to place primary birthing units in rural communities but consolidate specialist equipment in bigger centres drew outrage from rural communities and Gestro said it was a stand-out experience during her past three and a half years with the Southern DHB. “It certainly got the most publicity, and it motivated a lot of people,” she said. Gestro, who leaves the Southern DHB this week for an executive position at the Waikato District Health Board, said the strategy was bitter-sweet. While it would improve maternity services for rural women in the long run, she came under intense...

LOUISA STEYL/STUFF Paul Cosgrove believes he could have been treated if his bowel cancer was detected earlier. He doesn't want anyone else to struggle to access a colonoscopy. The Southern District Health Board has publicly apologised for its colonoscopy service delivery failures and committed to fixing it, but patients say they want to know how things will change. Wanaka grandfather Paul Cosgrove has made peace with the fact that he’s living on borrowed time He knows that if his bowel cancer had been detected earlier, it could have been treated. Cosgrove feels let down by the Southern ...

+Undoctored Media release from WellSouth, Southern Health and the Southern DHB Tuesday 15 December 2020, 10:58 AM 4 minutes to Read Over 53,000 more patients in the Southern region are set to benefit from the Southern Health Care Home programme, as 10 new general practices sign on. They will join the 115,000 patients and 14 practices already in Health Care Home. Aurora Health Centre in Dunedin and Central Medical Oamaru, along with the Invercargill practices Catherine Street Medical Centre, He Puna Waiora Wellness Centre, and South City Medical Centre, started the programme in Novembe...