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Health Minister Annette King says obesity has become an epidemic in New Zealand and other western nations, with more than 1000 New Zealand adults dying each year from obesity-related diseases.

Health Minister Annette King says District Health Boards and other providers now have the opportunity to employ a new type of health professional.

Health information will be delivered in person to Mangere families, with the launch of a pilot home visiting service, Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia said today.

Today, following a three-hour meeting of Northland clinicians, Kaitaia community representatives, Northland DHB members, the College of Midwives and the Ministry of Health, an agreement was reached regarding services at Kaitaia hospital.

Health Minister Annette King says dishonest misinformation about a proposal to set up a trans-Tasman agency to regulate therapeutic products is misleading the public.

It’s time National leader Bill English “fessed-up” over claims about cancer patients, Health Minister Annette King says.

"It is quite unacceptable for young people to be able to buy alcohol without producing ID,” said Tariana Turia, Associate Minister for Health.

Minister for Food Safety Annette King says New Zealand will soon have one of the most comprehensive food-labelling regimes in the world, and now boasts a world-leading regulatory programme in the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.

Food Safety Minister Annette King today launched the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.

Health Minister Annette King says the Government's aim to improve the overall health of New Zealanders has moved a step closer with the formation in South Auckland of the country’s first two new primary health care groups.

Health Minister Annette King says the National Party’s health policy is high on rhetoric, low on detail, and offers no comfort to the voting public.

The Associate Minister of Health, Hon Tariana Turia, has welcomed the release today of guidelines for organising safe after-ball parties.

Health Minister Annette King says she has asked the Ministry of Health’s Deputy-Director General of Clinical Services Colin Feek to convene a meeting with Kaitaia and Whangarei clinicians next week, to discuss clinical credentialing issues affecting the Far North.

Health Minister Annette King says women's health services in Canterbury will receive a major boost with a $79 million redevelopment for Christchurch Women's Hospital.

Health Minister Annette King today announced the appointment of five new board members to District Health Boards, a new chair of Waikato DHB, and the reappointment of the current chair of Tairawhiti DHB.

The Associate Minister of Health, Hon Tariana Turia, announced today that the Ministry of Health is working with the Alcohol Drug Association to offer a Drug Helpline, similar to the existing Alcohol Helpline.

A set of guidelines for managing teenagers' after-ball parties is to be launched shortly, in time for the secondary school 'ball season', Associate Minister of Health Tariana Turia said today.

Health Minister Annette King announced today that the New Zealand nominations have all been appointed to the new Food Standards Australia and New Zealand Board.

Health Minister Annette King today invited primary health care groups to consider applying to a new $8.1 million fund designed to encourage nurses to explore new ways of keeping people well or treating those already sick.

Health Minister Annette King says the success of 49 overseas-trained doctors in passing the NZ General Registration Exam (NZREX) proves the Government’s $11.8 million bridging programme will benefit our health system significantly.

Health Minister Annette King says setting up a one-stop-shop for health service complaints is one benefit provided by the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Bill, introduced to Parliament today.

Health Minister Annette King says the Government will spend $2 million on a new neonatal intensive care unit at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital to help some of New Zealand's most vulnerable babies.

Health Minister Annette King today welcomed the launch of clinical trials of a group B meningococcal vaccine as a solid step toward the end of an epidemic.

An order to classify the Fantasy range of drugs will be enforced from tomorrow, Associate Health Minister Hon Tariana Turia announced.