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22/05/2012
Hospital docs union pushes for regional health plan

Hospital docs union pushes for regional health plan

The union for doctors is urging National Health Board experts - deciding Queenstown’s »»

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Health panel layman will walk if there's any agendas

Health panel layman will walk if there's any agendas

David Russell – “Mr Consumer” – would quit a National Health Board panel »»

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Dummies’ guide to the Wakatipu healthcare headache

Dummies’ guide to the Wakatipu healthcare headache

Confused by the Wakatipu health services debate? You’re not alone. In advance of next »»

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It’s our cash, not yours

It’s our cash, not yours

Local health authorities will do what they want with proceeds from any sale of the Wakatipu’s »»

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South’s main man on health exits as headache rolls on

South’s main man on health exits as headache rolls on

A man in the eye of the storm over the future of Wakatipu health services is quitting.  »»

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Outrage at threat to Glenorchy clinic

A community leader says the regional Primary Health Organisation (PHO) is shafting Glenorchy by threatening to stop funding its nursing clinic.  Glenorchy health subcommittee member Kate Scott says the potential loss of the weekly clinic would be another example of short-changing the Wakatipu »»

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Move over SDHB – Wellington is stepping in

Move over SDHB – Wellington is stepping in

Top Wellington officials have waded in to resolve the “great uncertainty” surrounding »»

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Fears of health cuts as top Wellington official visits Wakatipu

Fears of health cuts as top Wellington official visits Wakatipu

A top health hatchet-man from Wellington wings into Queenstown today (Tuesday) for a round of »»

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Medicos speak out as free sex clinics close in the Wakatipu

Medicos speak out as free sex clinics close in the Wakatipu

Long-time GP Val Miller says cutbacks and closures of free sexual health clinics are “a major »»

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Missing cyanide poses major health risk for Wakatipu

Missing cyanide poses major health risk for Wakatipu

Authorities are warning of a major public health risk after a bottle of cyanide capsules went »»

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