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Contaminated heparin not given to NZ patients
Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 5:08 pm | Ministry of Health
New Zealanders who were given the intravenous medication, heparin, can be reassured contaminated products found overseas have not been supplied to the New Zealand market. More >>
Five Ak finalists in Health Innovation Awards
Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 2:59 pm | Ministry of Health
Auckland is strongly represented in this year’s New Zealand Health Innovation Awards (HIA), with five out of 20 finalists coming from the region. More >>
Support service for dioxin-exposed people
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 1:45 pm | Ministry of Health
The Government has considered an independent report on recommendations for a health support service for people who lived near or worked at the former Ivon Watkins Dow plant at Paritutu, New Plymouth. More >>
Transforming the lives of deaf children
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 12:11 am | Ministry of Health
The combination of newborn hearing screening and other developing technologies promises to qualitatively change life expectations for children who are born with impaired hearing, the National Screening Unit’s conference was told today. More >>
6/10 mentally ill people have crisis plan
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 4:15 pm | Ministry of Health
Mental Health Services Target: Six out of 10 mentally ill people have crisis prevention plans More >>
Govt responds to electroconvulsive therapy report
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 2:38 pm | Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health today announced that the Government would partially or fully support majority of the Health Select Committee’s recommendations on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). More >>
Salmonella mbandaka outbreak
Friday, 4 April 2008, 5:03 pm | Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health is working with local and national authorities to determine the cause of an outbreak of Salmonella mbandaka, a strain rarely seen in New Zealand. More >>
Patient satisfaction up at near record levels
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 5:13 pm | Ministry of Health
Hospital Benchmark Information (HBI) reports are produced quarterly by the Ministry of Health and track the performance of all public hospitals in New Zealand against 15 key performance measures. More >>
Sale of BZP illegal by 1 April
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 4:43 pm | Ministry of Health
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 ... More >>
Report into Conflicts of Interest at HBDHB
Monday, 17 March 2008, 3:49 pm | Ministry of Health
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. More >>
Increase In Gastro-Intestinal Illness
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 12:45 am | Ministry of Health
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. More >>
HBDHB Conflict of Interest Inquiry for 17 March
Monday, 3 March 2008, 10:13 am | Ministry of Health
The Director-General of Health announced today that the Inquiry into conflict of interest issues in the Hawkes Bay DHB board will be released in just over a fortnight. More >>
Raising the Quality Bar in Health
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 9:31 am | Ministry of Health
"New Zealand compares well with wealthier countries from the OECD on a range of indicators, including patient safety, timeliness and efficiency, says Director-General of Health Stephen McKernan. More >>
Release of the Diabetes Quality Improvement Plan
Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 12:46 am | Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health is pleased to announce the release of the national Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Quality Improvement Plan. More >>
Man pleads guilty to practising as optometrist
Monday, 18 February 2008, 3:49 pm | Ministry of Health
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. More >>
Ministry of Health seeks applications
Friday, 15 February 2008, 12:58 am | Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health is seeking applications from a $300,000 fund aimed at supporting innovations in health services for rural people. More >>
Fraudulently practicing as doctor: Man Sentenced
Thursday, 14 February 2008, 3:33 pm | Ministry of Health
A man who fraudulently practiced as a doctor for six months in 2005 and 2006 has been sentenced to 12 months' home detention and has had medicines valued between $60,000 and $70,000 seized. More >>
Medsafe alert of risk from anti-epileptic medicine
Friday, 1 February 2008, 11:51 am | Ministry of Health
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. More >>
Health authorities warn public about Oz sex worker
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 4:02 pm | Ministry of Health
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. More >>
Children Under Two should not be given Cough Syrup
Friday, 18 January 2008, 1:26 pm | Ministry of Health
Cough and cold medicines should never be given to children aged less than two years of age and when given to older children extra care should be taken. More >>
