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Health Minister Bill English said today the new Dannevirke hospital showed what a community could achieve when it worked in partnership with the Government.

Health Minister Bill English said today any public debate on health funding needs to be honest, get past cheap slogans and equip the public to grapple with wider issues.

Health Minister Bill English and Associate Health Minister, Tuariki Delamere, said today they hoped to respond to a proposal for the merger of Lakeland Health and Eastbay Health in the next month.

Health Minister Bill English said today this Government was committed to non-profit hospitals.

"New Zealand's hospitals are not profit driven," Mr English said.

Health Minister Bill English said today the success of health workers, nurses and doctors in improving publicly-funded care for people had resulted in the need for less public hospital beds.

Health Minister Bill English today announced the membership of the committee that will oversee the setting-up of a National Blood Service by 1 July next year.

Health service had provided Northland man Rau Williams with the best possible care.

Health Minister Bill English said today the public health service must continue to offer reasonable levels of elective surgery.

HYATT HOTEL, AUCKLAND

(Note: The following is a transcipt of the speech)

Greetings and thank you very much for the opportunity to speak to you here this morning.

Health Minister Bill English said today the Government was protecting and expanding the public health system by increasing what it spends per person on health this year and for the next two years.

Health Minister Bill English announced today the $28 million redevelopment of the Sunnyside and Princess Margaret hospitals.

Health Minister Bill English said today 16 of the country's 23 Crown health enterprises had already committed to a booking system.

"I expect the remaining CHEs to respond shortly.

Health Minister Bill English said today no patient waiting for surgery would suffer from his temporary hold on Waiting Times Fund applications.

The following delegations have been agreed in the health portfolio between the Minister of Health, Bill English, and the Associate Minister of Health, Tuariki John Delamere.

Health Minister Bill English today asked that Northland man Rau Williams and his family be allowed some privacy in coming to terms with Mr Williams' illness.

Health Minister Bill English announced today the Ministry of Health has laid complaints about individual psychiatrists and nursing staff who were responsible for the care of Jacko Paki.

Health Minister Bill English today released information which showed that the amount of non-acute surgery being done in public hospitals was increasing.

Health Minister Bill English said that he had received a proposal today for the joint provision of services by Lakeland Health and Eastbay Health.

Health Minister Bill English today released the latest figures on the number of public health nurses in New Zealand.

Health Minister Bill English confirmed today that an inquiry was underway into the case of Jason Mackrell, who was found guilty yesterday of the rape and murder of an elderly Christchurch woman.

Health Minister Bill English said today more than $250 million was invested by the country's hospitals in the last financial year and more was planned in the coming year.

Health Minister Bill English said today changes to rural and smaller hospitals were ultimately changes for the better.

Health Minister Bill English said today he was dismayed that the Alliance had described changes for the residents with disabilities at Templeton Hospital as the most disastrous period in the histor

Health Minister Bill English today issued a directive to Southern Regional Health to negotiate directly with the parties involved in setting up the two-site cardiac service for the South Island.