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Health Minister Annette King says Waikato Hospital will share a one service, two-site neurosurgical service with Auckland, using resources from Auckland's neurosurgical unit to help Waikato people get neurosurgery closer to home.

Ministerial Action Group on Alcohol and Drugs

New Zealand’s needle and syringe exchange programme saves lives and $35 million in treatment costs and is limiting problems associated with drug use, says Associate Minister of Health Jim Anderton.

Health Minister Annette King says the Mental Health Commission’s review of Auckland mental health services is a “call to action”.

Health Minister Annette King says DHBs will receive an extra $137 million in the next financial year to bring their total new funding for the year to $338 million.

Some alcoholic drinks manufacturers seemed to be using anomalies in the way excise taxes are charged to target young drinkers, Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor said today.

Health Minister Annette King says the second annual report on implementing the NZ Health Strategy illustrates a real commitment to progress.

Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor announced today the second round of funding to relieve rural doctors and nurses working onerous rosters.

Cabinet has approved the reclassification of methamphetamine to class A from class B and the classification of four similar drugs.

Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor has welcomed the agreement between Southland District Health Board and rural GPs over funding allocations.

Health Minister Annette King said she was pleased to confirm the new Chair of the Health Research Council is Massey University’s Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Graeme Fraser.

Health Minister Annette King says that she is excited Hutt Valley District Health Board has accepted her invitation to introduce the “Magnet Hospital” programme in New Zealand.

Health Minister Annette King says a strategy to reduce the crippling burden of cancer is essential in tackling this country's second leading cause of death.

Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor today said new standing order regulations will provide an important basis for timely health services in rural areas.

An Auckland rest home is the first health and disability provider to meet new safety standards under the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act that came into effect on 1 October 2002.

Health Minister Annette King says the importance of the contribution nurses make to the quality and safety of health care cannot be overstated.

A new national Mäori health strategy builds on the strengths of whänau, hapu, iwi and Mäori, Associate Health Minister Ruth Dyson and Te Tai Tonga MP Mahara Okeroa said today.

Health Minister Annette King has commended District Health Board chairs for many aspects of DHB performance in their first year of operation, but has told them it is “imperative” to ensure that “unprecedentedly high levels of funding” work effectively for the health sector.

Health Minister Annette King and Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia say the Government has made a strong commitment to improving Maori health with the release of a Maori health strategy and action plan.

Health Minister Annette King has been unanimously elected chair of the third Global Symposium on health and welfare systems development in the 21st century.

Health Minister Annette King says it is essential that all recommendations from the Health and Disability Commissioner's report into Southland District Health Board's mental health services are implemented.

Health Minister Annette King says it would be technically possible under Section 32 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act for the Government to decide on a policy for directing District Health Boards to seek arbitration in any industrial dispute.

Health Minister Annette King and the University of Auckland are pleased to announce the start of the second phase of clinical trials of a vaccine to fight group B meningococcal disease.

Associate Minister of Health Damien O'Connor says a tobacco company's promotion of gift packs is morally questionable.

Jim Anderton, Associate Minister of Health today released the youth suicide figures for the year 2000. The latest figures are the lowest since 1986 for both the number and rate of suicide amongst young people.