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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.

Parkroyal Hotel, Wellington

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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

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.