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Health Minister Bill English announced today that funding had been approved for a national quit-smoking line.

Health Minister Bill English said today combining information and communications technology with medicine was an excellent way of improving health services for patients.

Health Minister Bill English released figures today which showed more elective surgery was being done in New Zealand's public hospitals and waiting lists were dropping.

Health Minister Bill English said today a report which found that social, cultural and economic factors were the main determinants of health was not news to policy makers and reinforced the Governm

The first community health service designed for a specific Pacific Island group was launched today by Health Minister Bill English.

Health Minister Bill English said the passing last night of the Public Health Agencies (Redesignation and Taxation) Bill would be welcomed by the public, as it set in law the name change from Crown

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Health Minister Bill English announced today that Alan Harwood had been appointed chairman of the board of Capital Coast Health.

Health Minister Bill English said today he welcomed moves by hospitals to review doctors' training.

Health Minister Bill English said today he had concerns about the advertising of drugs direct to the public, particularly television advertising, and would be asking the Ministry of Health to inves

Health Minister Bill English said today New Zealanders spent more on alcohol and tobacco than they did on private health costs and it was wrong to blame private health spending for our failure to s

Health Minister Bill English said today Labour continued to be dishonest over its rural health policy.

Health Minister Bill English said today people with disabilities might in future be able to get more control over funding so they could organise their own support services.

Health Minister Bill English today released a report on hospital performance, which showed hospitals have achieved an increase in productivity, further reductions in the length of time patients nee

Health Minister Bill English said he had been advised close to 80 percent of the recommendations made in Health and Disability Commissioner Robyn Stent's report on Canterbury Health had been addres

Health Minister Bill English today welcomed State Insurance's decision to drop its latest health insurance advertising campaign, which he said was scare-mongering and based on unsubstantiated infor

Better information about diabetes and how to prevent complications of the disease was a key part of learning how to manage it better, Health Minister Bill English said today.

Health Minister Bill English today praised a group of Dunedin women with disabilities who have written a book, Speaking Out for Ourselves.

Health Minister Bill English said today a hi-tech pilot project on long-distance skin clinics demonstrated how new technology could help provide better patient care outside the main centres.

Members of the new boards for the two hospital and health services in the Bay of Plenty, including the first community representatives, were announced today by Health Minister Bill English and Asso

Health Minister Bill English announced today he had given approval for work to start on the first stage of Wellington hospital's site redevelopment, including a new Accident and Emergency departmen

Health Minister Bill English today announced that he had approved a $80,000 grant to the Marlborough Transitional Health Trust for development work.

Health Minister Bill English announced today that a major Government-sponsored conference on how to improve the health of New Zealanders would be held in October.

Health Minister Bill English announced today that Ms Patricia Seymour had been appointed chair of the Board of Tairawhiti Healthcare Ltd.