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The Health Select Committee will get the chance after all to consider a government proposal to establish a new schedule to provide for the possibility of some regulation to protect young New Zealanders against the sale of legal substances which are subject to abuse.

Health Minister Annette King is setting up an independent Cancer Control Council that will provide an annual report to Parliament on progress in implementing the Cancer Control Strategy.

Health Minister Annette King, who is attending the Commonwealth Fund’s annual meeting in Washington, welcomes the Fund’s report showing New Zealand scores highly on speedy access to primary health care and the quality of doctor-patient relationships.

As restaurants, bars and workplaces prepare to go smokefree on December 10, a major report has been released detailing further plans to tackle smoking harm in New Zealand.

A new resource kit aims to to strengthen drug education in schools

Health Minister announces the new chair of the Mental Health Commission.

A government decision to classify ephedrine and pseudoephedrine as controlled drugs comes into force tomorrow, October 15.

Health Minister Annette King announces the appointment of 21 District Health Board chairs.

Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor announces seven new scholarships to help rural nurses gain the highest level of clinical nursing expertise.

An annual funding boost of almost $11m will help rural areas retain GPs, nurses and other health workers

Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor today met with five overseas doctors here to provide locum support in rural communities.

Maori Health Providers playing an important role in fighting mental illness

All Members of Parliament have been invited to a special concert in Parliament tomorrow with an optimistic, anti-drugs message by Joe Walsh of 'The Eagles'.

A report commissioned by the Police Department into Amphetamine Type Stimulants (ATS) use underscores why the government is pursuing tough-on-drug-supplier laws and regulations.

Jim Anderton says he hopes the free-of-charge Needle Exchange Programme being launched today will save lives and contribute to building safer communities.

Health Minister Annette King today welcomed the formation of four more Primary Health Organisations -- two in Southland, one in Hutt Valley and one in Wellington.

Jim Anderton runs a public forum on P, alcohol and other drugs

The $2.4 million upgrading of the Wellington Regional Plastics, Maxillofacial and Burns Inpatient Unit at Hutt Hospital brings the unit into the 21st century, Health Minister Annette King says.

The national roll out of public forums on P, alcohol and other drugs promised by Associate Health Minister Jim Anderton in June begins next week in Manukau City.

Every vote in the upcoming District Health Board elections will impact their outcome, says Acting Health Minister Damien O'Connor.

The Misuse of Drugs Amendment (No 3) Bill aims to strengthen the arm of Police and Customs to help them fight drug crime.

The government wants to regulate the sale of legal substances like BZP and possibly solvents.

Suicide prevention is everyone's business, Associate Health Minister Jim
Anderton said today, the second World Suicide Prevention Day

Community support systems are put in place in Paritutu following the release of an interim report showing some residents there have had higher-than-normal exposure to dioxins.