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The Government's new investment in Health continues with approval of a $65 million redevelopment of Whakatane Hospital, Health Minister Tony Ryall announced while visiting the hospital today.<

  Thank you for the invitation to open your conference today.  I hope you have a productive two days and I would like open by acknowledging that you provide a vital service which thousand

Over 55,000 four year olds have now received B4School health checks - 40,000 of them in the past 12 months.

Government funding to expand PlunketLine to 24/7 for parents has seen the service answer nearly 27,000 more calls in the 2009/10 year than it did two years previously.

As I enlisted the help of the internet to look for the conference programme I was struck by the range of entries grouped under the concept of ‘Tu Kaha'.

More women have had cervical smears as part of the National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) during the past three years, says Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia.

Health Minister Tony Ryall has released new guidelines for cleaning up clandestine laboratories used to manufacture methamphetamine or 'P'.

A record 138,443 patients had elective surgery in the last financial year, says Health Minister Tony Ryall.

It is an honour to be here at the 8^th Annual conference of the Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders and the first such conference to be held here in New Zealand. 

Health Minister Tony Ryall is declining a request to allow self-funded chemotherapy drugs to be administered in Dunedin Hospital.

 E nga mana, e nga iwi, e nga reo, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.  Thank you for the invitation and warm welcome.  It is an honour to be here.

"The first full year of the Government's new Health Targets show District Health Boards are delivering more frontline services for our significant investment in the public health service," Health M

Associate Health Minister Jonathan Coleman today opened the redeveloped Midland Regional Forensic Psychiatry Service at Waikato Hospital.

"In the past year the Bay of Plenty District Health Board increased frontline health services, and implemented a number of improvements in the way those services were delivered," says Health Minist

There are now 100 extra paramedics filling ambulance rosters around the country as part of the Government's $48 million four-year spend to support national ambulance services.

Health Minister, Tony Ryall says "A total of 375 people have put their names forward for places on the 20 District Health Boards in the upcoming elections.

Health Minister Tony Ryall says the Lakes District Health Board has posted big improvements in key services over the past year.

Health Minister Tony Ryall today launched a new productivity programme led by surgeons, anaesthetists, and theatre nurses to improve quality and efficiency in public hospital operating theatres.

Over 2,200 nurses are now spending more time caring for patients through a Health productivity initiative that uses Toyota-style "lean thinking".

Demonstration projects have started where lead maternity carers (LMC) can refer high-needs pregnant women for a free GP visit, which their midwife can attend as well.

An interactive CD for health professionals developed to help raise awareness of diabetes eye screening, has been launched.

I have to say I was immediately struck by the theme of your conference - Aniva - a concept gifted to the programme by Papaäli'ii Dr Semisi Ma'ia'i  - a Samoan matai, respected general practit

I am delighted to join with you today at this official opening of the BreastScreen Central screening site.

Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said today that he is "sympathetically disposed" to the calls from the Chief Coroner, Judge Neil MacLean, for greater openness around the reporting and discuss