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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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

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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.

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Health Minister Bill English today launched an interactive web site on the internet which he wants to use to get feedback on health issues.

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Health Minister Bill English said today the Alliance's health spokeswoman Phillida Bunkle was more interested in plumbing than people.

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Health Minister Bill English today presented four women's organisations with Commonwealth Awards of Excellence in Women's Health.

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Health Minister Bill English said today the Alliance's health spokeswoman Phillida Bunkle was being dishonest when she claimed he had said no populations under 42,000 would keep surgical and medica

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Health Minister Bill English told nurses at their annual conference today that in future he expects to see nurses taking on roles currently carried out by junior doctors in the hospitals and genera

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Health Minister Bill English said today the traditional publicly funded health system had failed generations of Maori children.

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Health Minister Bill English said today the Ministry of Health advice on RCD indicated a very low risk to people.

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Health Minister Bill English told psychiatrists today that he could no longer accept failures in basic steps in the care of the mentally ill.

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Health Minister Bill English today launched two publications to promote and protect breast feeding.

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Health Minister Bill English made it clear today the Government expected extra services not inflated pay packets from extra health funding.

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Health Minister Bill English today announced the results of the consultation group formed to examine the Coalition Agreement on health.

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The Herald ran a series of articles last week on mental health. Today the Minister of Health, Bill English, gives his views.

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New funding arrangements for health related research were announced today by the Minister of Health and the Minister of Research, Science and Technology.

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Health groups are being asked for their views on the circumstances in which nurses could be given the right to prescribe drugs, Health Minister Bill English said today.

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Health Minister Bill English today released a report assessing the treatment of Jacko Paki by mental health services at MidCentral Health.

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The Ministers of Youth Affairs, Health and Maori Affairs today called for government agencies, communities, parents, whanau/family, teachers and young people to work together to help prevent youth

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