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Health Minister Dr David Clark has announced changes at Health Workforce New Zealand (HWNZ), saying strengthening the health workforce is an ongoing priority.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Hon Dr David Clark wants the public, professionals, businesses and other interested parties to have their say on a new regime that aims to ensure the safety, quality and efficacy/performance of therapeutic products accessed by New Zealanders.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

The Government is responding to increased drug-related deaths by cracking down on the suppliers of synthetic drugs while making it easier for those with addiction problems to get treatment, Health Minister Dr David Clark and Police Minister Stuart Nash have announced.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Health
  • Police

Health Minister Dr David Clark says thousands of New Zealanders will potentially benefit from the Government’s medicinal cannabis legislation.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister David Clark is pleased to celebrate the Otago Project partnership between the Ministry of Health and the University of Otago which is significantly increasing the number of Māori graduates in the health sciences and workforce.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark has announced a significant change in the approach to constructing the new Dunedin hospital.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Minister of Health David Clark says the Ministry of Health has made good progress ensuring New Zealanders can rely on the safety of their drinking water in the 12 months since the final Havelock North Inquiry report.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark says the Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink how we handle some of the biggest challenges we face as a country.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says making the cost of visiting the doctor much cheaper for almost 600,000 Kiwis will mean more people will be able to get the care they need, when they need it.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Prime Minister
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark says proposed changes to the Government’s medicinal cannabis legislation will mean more people can get access to medicinal cannabis faster.  

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark has today formally received the report of the Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction, saying it will help shape New Zealand’s response to mental health for years to come.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark has announced the launch of a targeted vaccination programme in Northland to control an outbreak of meningococcal disease.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark says he’s encouraged by the fresh, positive thinking evident in the design of Counties Manukau DHB’s new Tiaho Mai Mental Health Unit.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Long standing problems with buildings and infrastructure at Middlemore Hospital and the Manukau SuperClinic will be fixed following an $80 million investment, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Minister of Health David Clark is making changes to Drinking Water Standards which help keep New Zealanders safe from waterborne illness.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark today confirmed $20m in Crown funding and the site for the new Buller Health Centre in Westport.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark says the Government will take a series of measures to improve the supply of doctors, nurses and midwives working in rural New Zealand.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Health
  • Rural Communities

Health Minister Dr David Clark says a new outpatients and primary care facility at the Bay of Islands Hospital at Kawakawa will give people better access to the range of services they need.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark says the Government has committed $45.6m to Wellington’s new state of the art children’s hospital – a project fast tracked by a $50m donation by businessman Mark Dunajtschik.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Antibiotics are not always the answer. That’s the message from 12-year-old Libby Thompson from Cust School in Rangiora, winner of the 2018 national antibiotic awareness poster competition.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister David Clark says he’s pleased the sustained investment in children’s oral health begun under the last Labour Government is paying off.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Minister of Health David Clark will tomorrow launch a refreshed update to Let’s get real.

Let’s get real is a framework which has helped New Zealand’s mental health and addiction workforce since it was first developed in 2008.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

More patients will receive the surgery they need following a funding boost to North Shore and Whangarei Hospitals Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark has announced the third and final agreement in principle has been reached for new air ambulance services that will be safer, better and firmly focused on patients.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health