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New Zealand will be safer as a result of two landmark injury prevention strategies, Preventing Injury from Falls and the Drowning Prevention Strategy.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

ACC claimants are benefitting from a new law that makes it simpler for patients to get cover when injured during medical treatment.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

Budget 2005 boosts ACC contributions towards treatment costs and rehabilitation by $19.4 million

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

ACC's medical misadventure rules are being replaced with new Treatment Injury provisions under a new law.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

Claims that a rape victim received no support or advice from ACC are baseless and untrue, ACC Minister Ruth Dyson said today.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

ACC Minister Ruth Dyson today gave an assurance that all communities will keep their locally-based rescue helicopter services.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

The public is being encouraged to make submissions on two draft strategies released today to prevent drowning and falls.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

The government will fund five more rural nursing scholarships in 2005 to improve access to primary health care in rural areas.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

The high cost of injuries to self-employed farmers, a decline in the pool of liable earnings for livestock farming, and falling long-term interest rates are behind the increase in ACC levies for this group for 2005/2006

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

Employers and earners will welcome ACC average levies for 2005/06 that have remained the same or decreased for the last three years.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

Details of government's decisions on 2005/2006 ACC levies

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

A kayak race between ACC Minister Ruth Dyson and a team from SPARC launched the new Guidelines for Risk Management in Sport and Recreation with a splash.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

Launch sport and recreation risk management guidelines, a joint initiative between Standards NZ, SPARC and ACC.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

A new initiative aimed at reducing the accident rate in the General Aviation sector by 25 per cent over the next five years was launched tonight.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

A new Code of Practice to improve access for tertiary students with impairments was launched today.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

Government's perspective on health and cultural diversity, and some key developments

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

A bill proposing changes to ACC's medical misadventure provisions was introduced in Parliament today.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

People with injuries will have cheaper treatment as a result of an increase to the subsidies ACC pays health professionals, says ACC Minister Ruth Dyson.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

ACC claimants will have better access to affordable treatment following changes to treatment provider fees.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

A sweeping revamp of ACC’s medical misadventure provisions will make them simpler and fairer, and improve patient safety.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

Common questions and answers about changes to ACC's medical misadventure provisions

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

Motorists, the self-employed, earners and businesses will welcome stable or falling ACC levies.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

Associate Health Minister Ruth Dyson launches the Assessment of Services Promoting Independence and Recovery in Elders (ASPIRE) and Community First programmes in Hamilton on 29 October 2003.
Launch of ASPIRE and Community First Programmes
Hamilton Airport Motor Inn, Hamilton
2.00pm, 29 October 2003

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

The government’s goal of making New Zealand a safer place moved a step closer today with the release of a detailed implementation plan for 2004/2005 for the New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy.

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC