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Health Minister and Clutha-Southland MP Bill English today offered his condolences to Mrs Christine Morrison and her family over the sudden death of her husband Colin.

Health Minister Bill English today called on the Labour Party to apologise to the Health and Disability Commissioner for attacking her right to carry out an inquiry into Canterbury Health.

Health Minister Bill English today welcomed the report of the Health and Disability Commissioner on her inquiry into Canterbury Health and said it brought to completion a difficult period in the CH

Health Minister Bill English said a statement today by Labour's Annette King that she was 'disturbed' at conflict between the Ministry of Health and the Health Funding Authority was pious nonsense.

Health Minister Bill English announced today that links between the Canterbury and Otago Crown health enterprises were to be strengthened with the appointment of both CHE chairs as a director on th

The latest youth suicide statistics show a decrease in the incidence of youth suicide, the Minister of Health Bill English, Minister of Maori Affairs, Tau Henare, and the Minister of Youth Affairs

Health Minister Bill English today released a report which he said showed that Christchurch Hospital's emergency department was providing a good service to the people of Canterbury.

Health Minister Bill English announced today that the chair of Healthcare Otago, Glen Dillon, was to retire from that position at the end of March.

Health Minister Bill English today confirmed that when the changes to income and asset testing are introduced, people will not be asset tested if they are assessed as needing long-term care in a pu

Health Minister Bill English and Associate Health Minister Tuariki John Delamere, announced today that a single board of directors would be appointed to both the Whakatane and Tauranga Crown health

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Good morning. Thank you for the invitation to speak to you here today.

This morning I'd like to talk about the safety regulations for health and disability consumers.

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.