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The Government is making good progress in fixing never-ending delays In the country's emergency departments, Health Minister Tony Ryall has told a health conference in Taupo.

"More patients were assessed by surgical specialists in the past year than ever before, according new official figures released by the Ministry of Health.

Health Minister Tony Ryall is encouraging New Zealanders to support Breast Cancer Action Month.

Acknowledging International Day of Older People on 1 October, Health Minister Tony Ryall says older New Zealanders are generally fitter, healthier and more active than their forebears.

Publicly funded chemotherapy clinics have increased 25% in two years, to just over 57,000 outpatient sessions in public hospitals in the 2009/10 year.

Thank you for your warm welcome - and for inviting me to speak today at the opening of your new dementia wing.

It is a triumph for you to be able to open this new wing today.

I was delighted to accept the invitation from your Chair, David Jansen, to join you tonight for this special celebration.   Please be assured that while I am unable to be with you in pers

It's a pleasure to open the Cutting Edge National Conference today and I welcome the many distinguished guests both from overseas and from around New Zealand. You work in a very testing sector.

The Waikato District Health Board is getting more Government funding, employing more health professionals and delivering more health services than ever before.

The question of whether drug offenders should be punished is not as straightforward as it might first appear. 

Health Minister Tony Ryall today expressed sadness at the passing away last night of Taranaki District Health Board Chair John Young ONZM.

Thank you Sue for that kind introduction. It's a pleasure to be here today to open the Infant Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (ICAMHS) conference.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today.  Congratulations on putting together an outstanding programme for your annual conference.

More five and 12 year old Kiwi children are now free of tooth decay compared to 2007 says Health Minister Tony Ryall.

Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to speak at this year's Suicide Prevention forum. 

All Blacks and other high profile Cantabrians are providing messages of support and advice about where to go for help to people affected by the Canterbury earthquake.

I pay my first respects to Kanaka Maoli, the first peoples of this land and the descendants of the chiefly families of Hawai'i.  I acknowledge your unique relationship

Good morning.

Thank for inviting me to address this Forum today.

Fifty years ago, New Zealand built numerous schools, hospitals and houses to meet the needs of a new generation we now know as "the baby boomers".

Health Minister Tony Ryall today thanked the hundreds of Canterbury health workers who spent the weekend treating and caring for the earthquake struck people of Canterbury and those staff who are c

Thank you for inviting me to open the NZ College of Midwives national conference.

It is a pleasure to be here.

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Health Minister Tony Ryall says the Tairawhiti District Health Board (DHB) has posted big improvements in key services over the past year.

Health Minister Tony Ryall has welcomed a cancer drug agreement between Pharmac and pharmaceutical company Roche that  will enable more patients to get new cancer drugs, and more cancer patien

Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia will attend the Healing our Spirit Worldwide conference in Honolulu next week.