Ministry of Health
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The Ministry of Health aims to ensure that the health and disability system works for all New Zealanders. We have eight key responsibilities. These are to: provide policy advice on improving health outcomes, reducing inequalities and increasing participation act as the Minister's agent monitor performance of DHBs and health sector Crown entities implement, administer and enforce relevant legislation and regulations provide health information and process payments facilitate collaboration and co-ordination within and across the sectors provide nationwide planning and maintenance of service agreements plan and fund public health, disability support services and other service areas retained centrally.
Patient satisfaction is up to near record levels, says the Ministry of Health.
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Retailers and manufacturers of benzylpiperazine (BZP) and related substances have only five days left to hand over their stocks to police before an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 classifying these substances as controlled drugs comes into force.
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The Ministry of Health is releasing a Request For Proposal for Tele-Housing Services next week [week commencing 31/3/08].
The RFP is primarily aimed at secure hosting services for its Data Centre equipment but it also includes the potential for additional management capabilities and services to move to a facility capable of supporting both the Ministry's current business activity and its strategic information programmes.254 views
HAWKE'S BAY — The review into the management of conflict of interest at Hawke’s Bay District Health Board (HBDHB) has found the Board failed the most simple test of good governance.
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Forty-five cases of a serious e-coli infection have been reported in New Zealand this year - more than double the number for the same time last year.
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Diabetes New Zealand's (DNZ's) Priorities for Actionreport is a timely reminder to New Zealanders of the increasing incidence of diabetes, and the need for co-ordinated action within the health sector - and beyond.
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Associate Health Minister Mita Ririnui today urged MÄÂori students to apply for Hauora MÄÂori Scholarships to assist them in pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate health or health-related courses.
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AUCKLAND — The Ministry of Health has successfully brought a prosecution under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 against an Auckland man claiming to be an optometrist without being properly qualified and registered.
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MANUKAU CITY — The Ministry of Health has successfully brought a prosecution under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 against an Auckland man claiming to be an optometrist without being properly qualified and registered.
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The Ministry of Health is seeking applications from a $300,000 fund aimed at supporting innovations in health services for rural people.
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The Ministry of Health's drug regulation arm Medsafe is alerting health care professionals about a small increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours in patients taking anti-epileptic medicines.
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Health authorities are reinforcing the safer sex message following publicity about individuals in Australia being put at risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) through unsafe sex with a male sex worker.
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Every emergency department patient with an urgent life-threatening condition was treated immediately in the three months to September, according to new Ministry of Health figures released today.
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Nearly 100,000 front-line personnel in health, police and other essential services are in line to receive the two-dose vaccine against the current H5N1 strain of avian influenza, if it is required.
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Community-based oral health services open year round and equipped with modern facilities have helped Invercargill reach more Maori and Pacific children, the two groups most likely to have poorer oral health.
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Ninety seven percent of patients referred for radiation treatment are now receiving treatment within eight weeks and 80 percent are receiving it within four weeks.
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The Ministry of Health is pleased to announce the release of the report An Indication of New Zealanders' Health 2007.
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Health Minister Pete Hodgson today launched a career framework to help develop a flexible health workforce equipped to meet changing health needs and increased demand for services in the future.
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The Ministry of Health welcomes the key finding of a Norwegian review that the information provided to New Zealand about Norway’s meningococcal B vaccine trials was adequate.
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The Ministry of Health today released the key findings of Exercise Cruickshank, one of the biggest exercises ever staged by government in New Zealand.
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The Ministry of Health's medicines and medical devices regulator Medsafe is warning New Zealanders to be aware of what they're buying when shopping for herbal remedies, following charges brought against a Chinese herbalist in Auckland.
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The Office of the Director of Mental Health has published its second Annual Report which includes data that aims to improve knowledge and understanding in the sector and ultimately lead to further improvements in patient care.
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The health sector is producing key improvements in New Zealanders' health and life expectancy, the latest Health and Independence Report shows.
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New Zealand’s 21 District Health Boards will have between one and five new elected members when boards take office in two months time.
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AUCKLAND — A programme which tackles obesity in Auckland’s Mangere town centre has won the Supreme Award at the 2007 New Zealand Health Innovation Awards (HIA).
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The Ministry of Health has today released two reports looking at hospital services including emergency department waiting times and patient perceptions of hospital care.
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New Zealand's Sudden Infant Death Syndrome rate in 2004 was the lowest since records began, new official figures from the New Zealand Health Information Service (NZHIS) show.
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Following Medsafe concerns about the safety profile of the medicine Rubifen SR, Pharmac has announced it will make Ritalin SR available to people who experience serious side-effects following use of Rubifen SR, the subsidised brand of slow-release methylphenidate.
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Interim report finds Primary Health Care Strategy achieving its objectives The Ministry of Health describes the interim report on the evaluation of the Primary Health Care Strategy as a useful reflection of the preliminary phase of implementing the strategy.
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Health Minister Pete Hodgson has confirmed the National Immunisation Schedule for 2008.
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A strong primary health care system is central to improving the health of all New Zealanders and reducing health inequalities between different groups.
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Cancer is New Zealand’s leading cause of death, according to the latest New Zealand Health Information Service (NZHIS) official figures.
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The Ministry of Health's Meningococcal B campaign is continuing for children aged under five, who are considered most at risk from the disease.
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The Director-General of Health today issued an update to the earlier warnings not to use certain brands of toothpaste because they may contain the toxic substance diethylene glycol.
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Nearly 430 nominations have been received for this year's District Health Board (DHB) elections.
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A new report released today indicates for the first time that inequalities in health between ethnic and income groups in New Zealand may have begun to stabilise and even decrease, the Director-General of Health Stephen McKernan says.
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Consents allowing the supply of 200mg and 400mg tablets of the COX-2 anti-inflammatory medicine Prexige have been revoked in New Zealand by the Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, Medsafe.
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