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"Women will have the opportunity over coming months to have their say on their experiences of maternity services," Health Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

  • Wyatt Creech
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Action to arrest the development of the hard drugs market and to limit the harm done by cannabis abuse - including cannabis abuse in the Far North and the East Coast - are the targets of the first

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Health

"The needs of young people are driving the decision to reclassify Ecstasy as a Class A drug," Health Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Health

This is my first formal address as Minister of Health. I want to take advantage of this opportunity to lay out some of my initial thoughts on my new portfolio.

  • Wyatt Creech
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"The identification of cases of the Sydney A strain of influenza is a timely reminder for people at risk to take advantage of free flu vaccines," Minister of Health Wyatt Creech said today.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Health

Finance and Revenue Minister Bill English said today Labour's undertakings in its high tax package were not credible.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English announced today that the Government had formally approved a $1.5 million project to develop a superward at Wairau Hospital in Blenheim.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English announced today that the Government had approved a $7.5 million plan from Hutt Valley Health to make improvements to the Hutt Hospital site.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said today he was sorry that the chief executive of the Health Funding Authority, Phil Pryke, had resigned, but pleased to see talented people in the health service bei

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said today he was ordering a review of maternity services which would look at whether services were high quality and meeting the needs of women.

  • Bill English
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Health Minister Bill English said today the Government was planning the first national survey to look at the eating habits and diets of children.

  • Bill English
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Health Minister Bill English today released a second report on the proposed new hospital for Wellington.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English announced today that more people would be eligible to receive free vaccination against influenza this year because the criteria had been extended to include people with

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English announced today that he had approved funding of more than $1.8 million to community health providers.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Greater consumer confidence in food safety is among the Government's aims in creating a single food agency by the middle of next year, Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control Minister John Luxt

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English announced today that the chairman of Western Bay Health and EastBay Health, Max Toy, was retiring from those positions.

  • John Luxton
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said a business case presented today by Auckland Healthcare for a new hospital in central Auckland would be given careful consideration by the Government over the next

  • Bill English
  • Health

Minister of Health Bill English said New Zealanders' tendency to take a casual approach towards cooking over Christmas and the summer holidays could put people at risk of food poisoning.

  • Bill English
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Health Minister Bill English said today Otago Medical School's decision to offer specialised rural health training showed there was a bright future for Balclutha's community hospital and others lik

  • Bill English
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Health Minister Bill English said today Otago Medical School's decision to offer specialised rural health training showed there was a bright future for Balclutha's community hospital and others lik

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said the Government had not ruled out the possibility of extending the breast screening programme to a wider age group of women at some stage in the future.

  • Bill English
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Health Minister Bill English today released an interim report into the options for development of hospital services for Wellington.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said today Family Start was a practical and effective programme to tackle issues around poverty.

  • Bill English
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Health Minister Bill English said two reports issued today by the Mental Health Commission were important contributions to the debate about how to best care for people with a mental illness and the

  • Bill English
  • Health