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Health Minister Dr David Clark has confirmed the final details of the wide-ranging review of New Zealand’s health and disability system as it begins its work in earnest.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark says the independent review of the National Bowel Screening Programme should give the public confidence in the safety and value of the programme.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Health Minister Dr David Clark say they are delighted nurses have voted to accept the latest offer from District Health Boards.

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

It is my privilege to speak to you as Minister of Health and discuss the Government’s priorities for the health and disability system. 

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark has announced that former Vice-Chancellor of Massey University and senior Cabinet minister Steve Maharey has been appointed as chair of Pharmac.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark has announced a joint accord between District Health Boards, the Nurses Organisation and the Ministry of Health to ensure safe staffing levels in public hospitals.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark says it is encouraging that the Nurses Organisation is recommending the latest District Health Boards’ offer to its members.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Five thousand mental health and addiction support workers will receive a pay increase next month with Health Minister Dr David Clark signing an agreement this morning which gives them the same pay rates as care and support workers.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark and Associate Health Minister Julie Anne Genter are encouraging mental health providers to put forward innovative bids to run a pilot programme to provide free counselling for 18 to 25 year olds.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Hon Julie Anne Genter
  • Health

The Health Minister Dr David Clark says a new report taking the pulse of the nation highlights several positives but underlines the seriousness of the challenges the Government is addressing.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark is pleased that more New Zealanders than ever before have protected themselves from influenza this year.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

The Government is amending the Health Act to allow for significant improvements to the safety of drinking-water in New Zealand, the Health Minister Dr David Clark has announced.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters and Health Minister Dr David Clark are pleased the District Health Boards have made a revised offer to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation that has seen the strike notice lifted for July 5.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark is pleased to see a growing number New Zealanders  are gaining the benefit of regular exercise and a healthy diet with the support of the Active Families programme.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark is pleased to mark 25 years since the establishment of the Pharmaceutical Management Agency, PHARMAC.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark is pleased to announce an estimated 5,000 mental health and addiction support workers will soon receive the same pay rates as care and support workers. 

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark has announced Turangi-based Kim Gosman is the overall winner of the 2018 Minister of Health Volunteer Awards. 

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark says he is disappointed that nurses have voted against the District Health Boards’ half-billion dollar offer, the largest made to nurses in more than a decade.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced Government funding to increase the number of beds available in Auckland for drug and alcohol detoxification by 50 per cent.

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

Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage and Associate Finance Minister David Clark have granted an application under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 for Cresswell NZ Ltd to purchase land to expand the existing Otakiri Springs water bottling plant near Whakatane.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Finance
  • Land Information

Health Minister Dr David Clark and Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson welcome the World Health Organization’s new Global Action Plan on Physical Activity, announced in Geneva on Monday.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health
  • Sport and Recreation

Health Minister Dr David Clark has announced a wide-ranging review designed to future-proof our health and disability services.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark says the new Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has the skills and experience to be an outstanding leader for the Ministry of Health.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark leaves for Geneva today for this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA) with the goal of securing a global plan for combating rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health