Southern District Health Board leaders voluntarily joined a Ministry of Health support programme, which will lead to a bigger emergency department at Southland Hospital, among other changes. “Southern DHB is engaging well in the intensive support process and making progress on its intensive support plan,” she said. John Hawkins/Stuff Southern DHB chief executive Chris Fleming says Ministry of Health support is helping the board “move the dial” on challenges that have stalled progress. Southern DHB would also be among the first to present its annual plan to Little this year, she said. “Southern DHB has been under various forms of monitoring for several years, including having a Commissioner and then Crown monitors at a governance level.

Source: Stuff September 19, 2021 00:22 UTC