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Health Minister Bill English today released a report which he said showed that Christchurch Hospital's emergency department was providing a good service to the people of Canterbury.

Health Minister Bill English announced today that the chair of Healthcare Otago, Glen Dillon, was to retire from that position at the end of March.

Health Minister Bill English today confirmed that when the changes to income and asset testing are introduced, people will not be asset tested if they are assessed as needing long-term care in a pu

Health Minister Bill English and Associate Health Minister Tuariki John Delamere, announced today that a single board of directors would be appointed to both the Whakatane and Tauranga Crown health

Finance Minister Bill English said today the latest regional trend reports for the second half of last year showed surprisingly strong growth in the provinces.

South Island emergency trauma care is to be greatly improved with a new ACC funded programme called PRIME (Primary Response in Medical Emergencies) announced Hon Deborah Morris, Associate Minister

Health Minister Bill English today announced the transfer of the operational part of the National Cervical Screening Programme from the Ministry of Health to the Health Funding Authority.

Health Minister Bill English today launched Immunisation Week beginning a nationwide campaign to drive home the immunisation message.

Health Minister Bill English today dismissed a leaked memo from the Health Funding Authority about the Hospital Plan, saying it represented the view of an official and not the Government.

Health Minister Bill English said today decisions about future elective surgery would be driven from a clinically-based Hospital Plan not a series of cuts to fit a budget.

Health Minister Bill English said a headline in the Otago Daily Times today stating that cancer testing was being cut back was wrong and irresponsible.

Health Minister Bill English said today he had been assured that free breast cancer screening for all women between 50 and 64 years would begin by December this year.

Health Minister Bill English announced today that new legislation governing the safety of hospitals, rest homes and community residential care for people with disabilities would be introduced to Pa

Health Minister Bill English released figures today showing the number of doctors and nurses per 100,000 New Zealanders is steadily increasing.

The latest risk-adjusted quality measures for New Zealand hospitals were released today by Health Minister Bill English.

Health Minister Bill English said today that there were no quick-fix solutions to resolving historical funding inequities for Canterbury Health.

Health Minister Bill English was put through a fitness test today to support this week's National Employee Health and Fitness Day.

Health Minister Bill English today launched a Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing to undertake the first major review of nursing in New Zealand for more than 15 years.

Health Minister Bill English said today he had accepted that there were people in the south waiting too long for heart surgery and that up to $1.5 million would be made available to pay for more su

Health Minister Bill English announced today the Government has allocated $1.6 million so that a community trust can buy the Mangere Community Health Centre.

Health Minister Bill English said today it was likely around 6,000 hospital admissions a year for heart disease and strokes could be prevented by people eating less salt.

Health Minister Bill English today totally rejected figures released by Labour showing future cuts to elective surgery.

Health Minister Bill English said today total discharges from public hospitals had increased 35 percent since 1990.

"The biggest increase was 51 percent in disability services, followed by 48 percent in obstetrics, 45 percent in medical services, and 23 percent in surgical services. The lowest increase was 8 percent for mental health.

"This increase shows again that our public hospital services are doing more and more.

Health Minister Bill English said the hospital plan announced in the Prime Minister's statement to the House yesterday would give people more certainty about future hospital services in New Zealand