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Staff at Dunedin Hospital are celebrating the formation of the new Patient at Risk (PAR) team as part of an expansion into critical care units.  

Te Whatu Ora Southern, together with our partners from education and general practices across the district, celebrated International Nurses' Day last week with the Southern Nursing Excellence Awards held in Invercargill on 11 May and Dunedin on 12 May.

As soon as Florence arrived at Southland Hospital, she was an immediate star and the perfect special visitor on International Nurses Day.

Te Whatu Ora in Southern is excited to announce that Dunedin Hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) has recently achieved C12-level accreditation for ICU specialist training by the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM).

More community-based alcohol and drug services are now available in Otago, following the launch of the new alcohol and other drug (AOD) addictions service run by Te Kāika in Dunedin and funded by Te Whatu Ora.

The Te Whatu Ora Southern team was proud to mark the five-year anniversary of the National Bowel Screening programme recently and is delighted with the results achieved. 

More community-based drug and alcohol services will soon be available in Southland, with Te Whatu Ora Southern announcing an expansion of their contract with Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust (NKMP).