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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 - Valuing patient's time day

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In this issue: Housing survey, Flu Vaccination, New pharmacy clinic launches, Southerners encouraged to think about what matters to them, Nurse opens world to refugee patients & Commissioner Update

Former Dunedin mayor, Peter Chin, is urging southern residents to make use of the free National Bowel Screening Programme (NBSP) – especially those within his own Chinese community.

Mataura Presbyterian pastor, Tau Ben-Unu, admits his first instinct when receiving a free bowel screening test kit in the mail was not to do it.

WellInformed is WellSouth's monthly magazine outlining useful and valuable information for health professionals and other staff involved in or interested in primary care within the Southern District.

A new outpatient clinic in Dunedin to help patients manage multiple medications and improve their health – a joint venture between the University of Otago’s School of Pharmacy and Southern District Health Board – is believed to be the first of its kind in Australasia.

Wesley Bachur, Southern DHB Programme Lead of Refugee Health Broadcast on Otago Access talks about the new service

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.

In this issue: Bowel screening makes a difference in the South, CLIC: helping patients with the highest needs get the support they need, Take care … there’s flu out there!, The Home Team brings care to the patient’s home, South welcomes new primary care CEO & Commissioner Update

All the information you need regarding the current measles outbreak and higher than normal levels of influenza

Former refugees living in Dunedin will soon be able to use a new interpreter service to help them access community services.

In the past week, high numbers of people with the illness have reported to Student health, Urgent Doctors and other community facilities.

Southern DHB has seen no further cases of measles since 22 February when a university student was confirmed as having the disease.

 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.

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.

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.

The Annual Plan is prepared each year for the financial year 1 July - 30 June.

In this issue: Southland team tops New Zealand rehabilitation results, Southland Hospital Volunteers - making a difference to patients, staff and visitors , New Māori Health leadership team, New Dunedin Hospital Site Masterplan Shared, Knitted knockers give breast cancer patients renewed confidence, Commissioner Update

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.

 

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.

There have been no new cases of measles confirmed since the case identified on Friday. Contact tracing of all close contacts has been done and any further action required has been completed. 

A case of the measles has been confirmed in Dunedin. The 18 year-old woman is a university student, residing in a flat, and is not thought to have been immunised against measles.

WellInformed is WellSouth's monthly magazine outlining useful and valuable information for health professionals and other staff involved in or interested in primary care within the Southern District.

Junior doctors who are members of the New Zealand Resident Doctors' Association (NZRDA) union are striking for 48 hours from 8am Tuesday 12 February until 8am Thursday 14 February.

With high temperatures forecast across the district, Southern DHB’s Public Health team are reminding the public to ‘Keep their Cool.’

Southern DHB is preparing for the 48 hour strike by members of the New Zealand Residents’ Doctors Association (NZRDA) union, due to take place from 8am Tuesday 29 January until 8am Thursday 31 January.

Contingency planning based around minimising the impact of the strike on the people and communities we serve in preparation for today and tomorrow’s strike by members of the New Zealand Resident Doctors Association (NZRDA) has so far been effective and our hospitals are coping well.