New Maori family violence initiatives launched in Waitakere
Tuesday 22 November 2011, 10:59AMMedia release from Waitakere Taskforce on Family Violence: New initiatives aimed at preventing family violence amongst Maori whanau were launched at Hoani Waititi Marae in Glen Eden today, by the Waitakere Taskforce on Family Violence
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ALRANZ accuses Medical Council of caving in to Anti-Abortion
Tuesday 22 November 2011, 10:47AMMedia release from ALRANZ: ALRANZ today hit out at the Medical Council for caving in to anti-abortion doctors and abandoning its own principles in the on-going case over the use of conscientious objection in abortion care
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GPs record card. Fewer scripts—more jabs!
Tuesday 22 November 2011, 10:03AMMedia release from University of Sydney: General practitioners are getting busier, extremely so
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Governor General zero-ing in for World Aids Day
Tuesday 22 November 2011, 9:18AMMedia release from New Zealand Aids Foundation: On Friday, 25 November (the Friday before World AIDS Day) Auckland commuters will be able to spot the Lt Gen Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, the Governor General of New Zealand, standing in Britomart under a bright red, zero‐shaped balloons
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Doctors' personal beliefs delaying women’s access to abortion services
Tuesday 22 November 2011, 9:13AMMedia release from Women's Health Action:Women’s Health Action is deeply concerned that doctors with a conscientious objection to abortion are still not obligated to refer women to a provider who is willing to assess them.
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Better child health care under National
Monday 21 November 2011, 4:35PMMedia release from National Party health spokesperson Tony Ryall: At risk Kiwi children are getting a better health deal under National, says Tony Ryall, National Party spokesman for Health
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IT professionals issue strike notice
Monday 21 November 2011, 4:31PMMedia release from APEX: IT professionals employed at Grey Base Hospital have given notice that they will begin partial strike action for the third time this year due to DHB’s inability to come to the negotiating table.
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New Zealand pine bark used to treat brain injuries
Monday 21 November 2011, 2:41PMMedia release from AUT University: Researchers at AUT University are investigating the use of supplements made from New Zealand pine tree bark extract to treat traumatic brain injury (TBI)
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Child poverty can no longer be ignored
Monday 21 November 2011, 1:51PMMedia release from Labour’s social policy spokesperson Annette King:
A no-holds barred documentary screening on TV3 tomorrow that reveals the sickening truth about child poverty in New Zealand should be a wake-up call for John Key and every member of his National-led government, Labour’s Deputy Leader and Social Policy spokesperson Annette King says
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Alan Henwood elected president of arthritis NeW Zealand's governing body
Monday 21 November 2011, 1:23PMMedia release from Arthritis New Zealand: Wellington lawyer Alan Henwood has been elected President of Arthritis New Zealand
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Labour will act to address diseases of poverty
Monday 21 November 2011, 9:36AMMedia release from Labour health spokesperson Grant Robertson
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How much does trauma cost?
Monday 21 November 2011, 9:27AMMedia release from University of Sydney: A study that has changed the way specialist trauma hospitals function such as St George, Royal Prince Alfred and the Royal North Shore has won Sydney Nursing School’s Clinical Associate Professor Kate Curtis a prestigious Trans-Tasman award
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November 21st is public health thank you day
Monday 21 November 2011, 9:23AMMedia release from New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine: 21st November is Public Health Thank You Day
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Consultation at the heart of disability strategy
Friday 18 November 2011, 4:47PMMedia release from Labour's disability spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni: Labour says consultation with people with disabilities is at the heart of its disability strategy released by Carmel Sepuloni today
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Delegates vote to recommend provisional settlement to senior doctors in ballot and loss of trust in dhb leaders
Friday 18 November 2011, 4:07PMMedia release from ASMS: “Delegates at the senior doctors union conference today have voted to recommend a collective agreement settlement, negotiated with the 20 district health boards, to their members in a postal ballot,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today
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Burwood Hospital to receive generous donation of new wheel-chair van
Friday 18 November 2011, 2:50PMMedia release from Canterbury DHB: Riccarton Rotary Club will be presenting Burwood Hospital with a brand new Ford Transit Van on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at the Riccarton Markets
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MidCentral DHB region has a 40% increase in diagnosed Diabetes in the past 3 years
Friday 18 November 2011, 1:39PMMedia release for Diabetes week: There are 2,000 more people diagnosed with diabetes in the MidCentral DHB region than there were in 2008, bringing the total of people known to be living with diabetes in the region to 6,700 or 4% of the region’s population
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Tony Ryall produces ghost doctors
Friday 18 November 2011, 1:27PMMedia release from Labour health spokesperson Grant Robertson: Tony Ryall needs to provide specific details of where his 800 extra “ghost” doctors will be found, following a strong reaction against his claims by specialist doctors at their conference yesterday
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Community-based health care under threat
Friday 18 November 2011, 1:24PMMedia release from Newtown Union Health Service: The Newtown Union Health Service (NUHS) is warning that unless funding levels for community health are retained and enhanced, health care for many will become an unaffordable luxury
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Labour will protect victims of domestic violence
Friday 18 November 2011, 1:22PMMedia release from Labour's housing spokesperson Moana Mackey: A Labour government would reverse the changes made by National which have made it harder for victims of domestic violence to access and maintain state housing tenancies
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Epilepsy NZ secures International Purple Day partnership
Friday 18 November 2011, 10:39AMMedia release from Epilepsy NZ:International Purple Day organisers recently announced that Epilepsy New Zealand will be the sole Official New Zealand Partner for Purple Day
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New youth forensic mental health services announced
Friday 18 November 2011, 8:56AMMedia release from New Zealand Government
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Health minister badly advised over public hospital doctor numbers
Thursday 17 November 2011, 5:56PMMedia release from Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Ian Powell
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Recycled Health policy still does not ‘show the money’
Thursday 17 November 2011, 5:09PMMedia release from Labour's health spokesperson Grant Robertson: National’s health policy released today is a dossier of re-cycled ‘initiatives’ that raises more questions than it answers, Labour’s Health spokesperson Grant Robertson says
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Health Promotion Agency Establishment Board announced
Thursday 17 November 2011, 4:32PMMedia release from health minister Tony Ryall: Health Minister Tony Ryall has announced the members of the Health Promotion Agency Establishment Board
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NZ’s Simpl wins major UK health deal
Thursday 17 November 2011, 2:44PMMedia release from The Simpl Group: Leading New Zealand-owned IT Systems Integrator, Simpl has notched up another major win in the global health market, securing a multi-million dollar contract to deliver and support a Single Community Care Record (SCCR) solution for UK National Health Service’s Torbay Care Trust
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Young Northland child admitted with meningococcal infection
Thursday 17 November 2011, 2:02PMMedia release from Northland DHB
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Tauranga Hospital to open transit lounge
Thursday 17 November 2011, 1:55PMMedia release from Bay of Plenty District Health Board: The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has opened a transit lounge at Tauranga Hospital for patients awaiting final discharge paperwork or transport home
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Immunisation targets ramped up for child health
Thursday 17 November 2011, 1:23PMMedia release from National health spokesperson Tony Ryall: National's health spokesman Tony Ryall says the party's health policy released today has a prevention focus, with a new ambitious immunisation target.
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National focuses on boosting immunisation
Thursday 17 November 2011, 1:20PMMedia release from National Party: National will ensure that by the end of 2014, 95 per cent of all eight-month-old children are fully immunised with three scheduled vaccinations, Prime Minister and National Party Leader John Key announced today
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University of Glasgow researchers set to study effects of weight loss surgery
Thursday 17 November 2011, 11:50AMMedia release from University of Glasgow: Researchers at the University of Glasgow have been awarded a grant to conduct a pioneering study into the long-term effects of weight loss surgery on health
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Lower legal drinking age shows higher risk later
Thursday 17 November 2011, 11:47AMMedia release from Science Media Centre: American researchers investigating the longterm impacts of a lower legal drinking age in some US states say the evidence points to higher risk of serious harm including suicide and homicide, when the drinking age is lower
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Age of alcohol purchase related to suicide & homicide rates
Thursday 17 November 2011, 9:23AMMedia release from Alcohol Action NZ: Lower age of alcohol purchase associated with higher suicide and homicide rates longer term
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Bio-degradable cocoons for babies and new mothers
Thursday 17 November 2011, 9:06AMMedia release from Wairarapa DHB: There are approximately 500 births each year at Wairarapa Hospital, and about half of the women take their placenta home following a birth. Midwife, Carole Wheeler, has designed special containers to give to new mothers who wish to take their placenta home for burial
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Govt approves multi-million dollar Te Awhina revamp
Wednesday 16 November 2011, 4:50PMMedia release from health minister Tony Ryall
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Election Selection – Picking over policies
Wednesday 16 November 2011, 4:26PMUpdate from nzdoctor.co.nz : The 16 November issue of New Zealand Doctor is out now
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Green light for Golden Bay Integrated Health Care Facility
Wednesday 16 November 2011, 3:37PMMedia release from Nelson Marlborough DHB
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New Facilities Development continues at North Shore Hospital
Wednesday 16 November 2011, 2:56PMMedia release from Waitemata DHB
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Mana says drug and alcohol test cabinet before beneficiaries
Wednesday 16 November 2011, 11:44AMMedia release from Mana:Mana leader Hone Harawira says John Key should test his cabinet for drugs and alcohol before he starts taking away the benefits of welfare beneficiaries as he is threatening to do
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COPD campaigners to smokers: “You are not alone – there’s more help than ever available to quit”
Wednesday 16 November 2011, 11:25AMMedia release from The Asthma Foundation
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