Nearly a fifth of Dunedin meals on wheels recipients have cancelled their service in the last couple of weeks after Compass, the company operating the service changed the way it is supplying the meals to trucking in frozen meals from the North Island. Dunedin Grey Power President Jo Millar said the meals at the tasting session she was invited to “looked disgusting” and said that the company said they were having problems with the ovens cooking the meals…

As Professor of Human Nutrition Professor Winsome Parnell pointed out, the attempt by the DHB to save nearly $7million over the next 15 years could backfire on the DHB if vulnerable older people do not get proper meals and end up in hospital or requiring further support or medical treatment. The meals on wheels provider Compass is promising to “make changes” to respond to the problem.