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News for Primary and Maternity Care April 2019
In this issue: - RDA strike - New pharmacy clinic - Measles update - Non resident infectious disease testing - Home team Invercargill - Electronic Advance Care Plans - CLIC - Southern Health brand - Primary Maternity update - Bowel Screening update -…PublicationValuing Patients' Time Newsletter April 2019
In this issue: - Trail of clinical decision unit - Older person's health team - Pro-operative hui - Perioperative charter - Acute home pathway - Planning elective delivery - Frailty workshop - Dunedin hospital day surgery unit - Early senior assessment -…PublicationCLIC: helping patients with the highest needs get the support they need
A new programme, Client-Led Integrated Care (CLIC), is being rolled out to general practices across the Southern district. Its aim is to ensure people get the right care, close to home, and are supported to manage their own health.PublicationMaternity Quality and Safety Annual Report 2017
PublicationPatient story - Heath
Heath was having the time of his life as an upcoming musician in Dunedin, but his life took a turn when he fell into the dark world of drug addiction.Living well campaignPatient story - Blake, Kelly & Craig
Blake was getting ready for school one morning but complained of a sore spot on his stomach, described as looking like an itchy bite. He quickly deteriorated and became unresponsive which led to a stay in the Dunedin Hospital Children’s Ward.Living well campaignPatient story - Catherine
Catherine and her husband were in a head-on collision with a driver who fell asleep at the wheel. She spent four months in hospital and had to make some difficult decisions during her stay.Living well campaignPatient story - Daphne
Daphne suffered a stroke and was in hospital for nine weeks. She was determined to go home and with the support of Southern DHB, she was able to. Watch Daphne’s story to find out more about her patient journey through Southern DHBLiving well campaignEarly ‘flu season reason to ‘prevent the spread’
In the past week, high numbers of people with the illness have reported to Student health, Urgent Doctors and other community facilities.PublicationNo further cases of measles
Southern DHB has seen no further cases of measles since 22 February when a university student was confirmed as having the disease.PublicationNau mai, haere mai, welcome to Southern Health!
PublicationNicola Mutch - the new Southern Health website
Nicola Mutch, Executive Director Communications explains the new Southern Health website. 2019 - 07 - 10 This is part of the Southern Health Future Series brought to you by Otago Access Radio (OAR).PublicationHayley
Hayley, 51 from Dunedin first tried smoking when she was 12 years old and by the time she was 15 and working, she was smoking heavily. Hayley says over the years smoking just became part of her life. “Everyone was smoking”.PageMurray
Murray, 70 from Dunedin first dabbled in smoking when he was around 10 years old. His dad smoked and everyone that came to the house smoked. By the time he was 14 Murray was smoking heavily.PageTammy
Tammy, 62 from Dunedin started smoking when she was 13 years old. “I remember lying on the grass verge in Caversham with a friend, smoking so much that we were ill. The sky was spinning around but we still smoked.”PageHub goes Smokefree
Southern District Health Board (SDHB) and the Otago Regional Council (ORC), with support from the Dunedin City Council, have worked together to make the Dunedin Bus Hub officially Smokefree.PublicationCover your cough … SDHB recommends prevention as influenza emerges in Dunedin
Southern DHB is recommending preventative steps to help reduce the spread of the influenza virus, in light of reported cases of the illness in Dunedin in recent days.PublicationThe Home Team launches in Invercargill enabling patients to recover at home
Home is often the best place to receive care and recover from illness, and the newly launched Home Team service in Invercargill means more patients will be able to be cared for at home rather than in hospital.PublicationPublic meeting on progress for New Dunedin Hospital
A public forum to update the community on the progress of the New Dunedin Hospital will be held in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery on Monday, March 18.PublicationNew Chair for Southern’s Community Health Council
Raising awareness of the vital role the Community Health Council (CHC) plays in improving the quality of how health services are delivered in the Southern district is a top priority for new CHC chairperson Karen Browne.PublicationCelebrating Sir David Skeggs's book The Health of the People
National health outbreaks such as the 2016 Havelock North campylobacteriosis outbreak and the recent measles outbreak highlight weaknesses in our country’s health infrastructure.EventSouthland patients urged to visit GP before illness gets too serious
Patients are being urged to consider visiting their GP before an illness can become serious, as Southland Hospital operates at very high capacity.PublicationFemale fertility: fundamentally faithful yet frequently fickle
Greg’s research group’s interests are focused on the regulation of fertility by hormones such as leptin and insulin that provide the brain with information about the body’s nutritional status, and on the effects of a recently discovered group of brain…EventFree Oral Health Service for Adolescents (Teens)
Under 18? No matter where you are at: school/unemployed/working you may be eligible - click here for more infoPageFree Oral Health Service for Children
We offer free basic preventive, treatment and specialist oral care to children from birth until the end of school year 8. Children must meet the eligibility criteria for publicly funded health services.PageEligibility for Adult Dental Services
For the most part, adults have to pay for private dental services. There is a limited range of dental services that are funded for some adults.PageSpecialist Dental Services
We have providers covering the Southern Region, you can find your closest service provider using the Health Point links below.PageEmbargoed Endoscopy report July 26 2019
No unauthorised release until embargo time has passed.PageMāori lead way in bowel screening participation
Māori residents are participating in the Southern DHB’s National Bowel Screening Programme in higher numbers than other locals, with Māori participation rates equaling or exceeding overall participation every month since the programme began in April 201PublicationSouthern DHB Endoscopy report
An assessment of diagnostic and treatment times for endoscopic cases. Since commissioning this external report, Southern DHB has aligned its processes for accessing colonoscopies at Dunedin and Southland Hospitals.PublicationSouthern DHB report into endoscopy wait times released
Southern DHB has aligned its processes for accessing colonoscopies at Dunedin and Southland Hospitals since commissioning an external report into the Assessment of Diagnostic and Treatment Times for Endoscopic Cases.PublicationNZRDA Strike – 26 & 27 February
Southern DHB is prepared for the fourth strike action by some members of the New Zealand Resident Doctors’ Association union from 8am tomorrow, Tuesday 26 February, until 8am Thursday 28 February.Publication