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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

Health Minister Bill English announced today that the role of the National Health Committee is to change to focus on providing independent advice to him on what health services should be funded by

Health Minister Bill English announced today that international health representatives would be in the country next week to learn about New Zealand's health system.

Health Minister Bill English said today he had made no decisions yet on a new acute mental health ward at Grey Hospital.

Health Minister Bill English said today he hoped politicians from all sides of the political spectrum could make a commitment to implementing the proposed National Child Health Strategy.

Health Minister Bill English said today that Central Health, which was now a division of the Health Funding Authority, had spent less than 0.1 percent of its budget on consultants since being estab

Health Minister Bill English said today the findings of a report into the current population based funding formula for health would be a major disappointment to the Dunedin Health Action Group.

Health Minister Bill English announced today that children would be given priority on hospital waiting lists for assessments and surgery with the new money the Government was planning to allocate t

Health Minister Bill English said today steps were being taken to further reduce the cost of administering the public health service.

Health Minister Bill English said today solving the underlying causes of youth suicide was extremely difficult and it was not a problem that could be pinpointed as a failing of the health system.