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A new research project will examine the effectiveness of drug checking programmes at music festivals to find out whether it helps keep people safe and reduces harm.

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

Minister of Health Dr David Clark says new regulations will allow local cultivation and manufacture of medicinal cannabis products that will potentially help ease the pain of thousands of people. 

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister Dr David Clark says new appointments to DHBs represent a significant changing of the guard, with 13 new chairs including four Māori chairs.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Five new cancer medicines have now been funded this year, meaning thousands of people have more treatment options.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

The new independent Cancer Control Agency has formally opened today, delivering on the Government’s plan to improve cancer care in New Zealand.

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

Health Minister Dr David Clark says new data showing a sharp drop in the number of people who can’t afford to visit their GP is a sign of real progress.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

New Zealand's first ever Suicide Prevention Office has officially opened today and is already working to tackle our persistently high rate of suicide.

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

As many as 12,000 people will get training over the next four years in a major boost for those seeking help for mental health and addiction issues.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

An independent Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is a step closer after it unanimously passed its first vote in Parliament today. 

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

The Government is asking the food industry to step up work to tackle obesity including reducing sugar, fat and salt in their products, better information for consumers, and tighter restrictions on advertising to children.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

New, modern emergency department and outpatient facilities at Queenstown’s Lakes District Hospital mean better emergency care for the growing tourist mecca’s visitors and locals, says Health Minister David Clark.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

The Government has confirmed its third major mental health facility upgrade since the Budget, this time at Palmerston North Hospital.

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

The roll out of the National Bowel Screening Programme has reached the halfway mark, with 10 out of 20 District Health Boards now part of the programme.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

New Zealand’s more than 1000 paramedics are to have their role as key frontline health professionals formally recognised and regulated in the same way as doctors and nurses, Health Minister David Clark says.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

PHARMAC’s decision to fund a new leukaemia treatment means three new cancer medicines have now been funded so far this year, Health Minister David Clark says.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Health Minister David Clark has announced further progress on expanding access to free mental health services for New Zealanders.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

It’s my pleasure to be here today to open Forum 2019, with its theme of Delivering Equity of Health and Wellbeing in Aotearoa.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

The Government will create a standalone Crown entity to regulate drinking water in New Zealand. This decision by Cabinet signals the Government’s determination that the new regulator responsible for ensuring supplies of safe, clean drinking water for all New Zealand households and communities should operate with a high level of independence.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Health
  • Local Government

Health Minister David Clark is encouraging Whanganui residents to take up the opportunity for free bowel screening, which can detect cancer early when it’s easier to treat.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

The Government has approved funding for a new acute mental health facility for Waikato which will provide better care and support to people with mental health and addiction issues.

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

The Government has approved the next stage of a major redevelopment of Taranaki Base Hospital, which will deliver new and improved facilities for patients.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Minister of Health Dr David Clark and Associate Minister of Health Peeni Henare say this year’s World Mental Health Day theme is a reminder of why the Government’s work on mental health is so important.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Health

The Government is putting right a decade’s worth of underpayment to nurses, doctors and other health workers, says Health Minister Dr David Clark. 

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Confirmation that PHARMAC will fund two new cancer drugs is further evidence of the good progress the Government is making to improve the treatment of New Zealand’s leading cause of death, Health Minister David Clark says.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health