Proposed name change to the Accident and Medical Practice scope of practice
Wednesday 29 February 2012, 4:41PMMedia release from the Medical Council of New Zealand
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Public submissions invited on proposals to protect babies’ bloodspot card information
Wednesday 29 February 2012, 4:20PMMedia release from privacy commissioner Marie Shroff
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New ACC vocational rehabilitation service goes live
Wednesday 29 February 2012, 4:12PMMedia release from ACC
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100 Community and Public Health staff return to central city
Wednesday 29 February 2012, 3:32PMMedia release from Canterbury DHB
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The super heroes of the Canterbury Regional Cancer and Blood Service
Wednesday 29 February 2012, 3:24PMMedia release from Canterbury DHB
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Life saving equipment for neonatal unit provided by community
Wednesday 29 February 2012, 2:50PMMedia Release from Wellington Hospitals & Health foundation
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Excellent result for West Coast meeting health targets
Wednesday 29 February 2012, 2:22PMMedia release from West Coast DHB
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NZORD executive director becomes President-elect of ICORD
Wednesday 29 February 2012, 2:16PMMedia release from NZ Organisation for Rare Disorders
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Canterbury Health System achieving health targets but faces ongoing challenges
Wednesday 29 February 2012, 2:09PMMedia release from Canterbury DHB
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Govt must give public full details of Moore’s dinner party
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 3:41PMMedia release from Green Party health spokesperson Kevin Hague
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Collaboration helping recruit health ICT workers
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 3:04PMMedia release from economic development minister Steven Joyce
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Health minister using misleading figures over hospital doctor numbers to fudge specialist shortages
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 2:44PMMedia release from ASMS
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Green Paper for Vulnerable Children - Physicians want action
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 2:00PMMedia release from Royal Australasian College of Physicians
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Sex addicts wanted for clinical trial
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 1:59PMMedia release from OCSB Trial
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Preventable nerve injuries from treatments need attention: Otago research
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 1:57PMMedia release from University of Otago
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Tens of thousands of dollars of funding awarded for hearing related projects
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 1:33PMMedia release from The Octicon Foundation New Zealand
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Children absent from new welfare policy
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 1:30PMMedia release from CPAG
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Christchurch Council shows leadership: gaming machines are harmful
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 1:17PMMedia release from Child Poverty Action Group: While Auckland Council is considering allowing Sky City to increase the number of their electronic gaming machines (pokies) from around 1600 to over 2100, the Christchurch City Council has demonstrated some great leadership in recognising gambling as a social hazard.
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Political leadership needed to achieve tobacco-free goal
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 1:06PMMedia Release from University of Otago, Wellington: Clear goals and detailed planning are critical to achieve the government’s aim of making New Zealand ‘smoke-free’ by 2025, according to health researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington.
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Self-inflicted blinding not linked to Oedipus complex, but untreated psychosis
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 11:45AMMedia release from British Journal of Ophthalmology. The self-inflicted removal of one or both eyes, which has traditionally been attributed to sexual guilt, is, in fact, caused by untreated psychotic illness, such as schizophrenia, reveal researchers in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
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Common sleeping pills linked to more than fourfold increased risk of death
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 11:39AMMedia release from BMJ Open. Certain commonly prescribed sleeping pills are associated with a more than fourfold increased risk of death, even among those taking fewer than 18 doses a year, indicates research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
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Vegetarians and those on restricted diets unwittingly eating animal gelatin in meds
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 11:37AMMedia release from Postgraduate Medical Journal
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More patients getting key health services
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 9:58AMMedia release from Ministry of Health Tony Ryall. The latest quarterly results for the six National Health Targets show record improvements.
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Ambassador co-hosting tobacco sponsored event a “mystifying backward step”
Monday 27 February 2012, 5:00PMMedia release from Public Health Association - The Public Health Association (PHA) has condemned New Zealand’s ambassador to the US Mike Moore co-hosting a Trans Pacific Partnership (TPPA) trade event sponsored by tobacco company Phillip Morris.
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Lack of funding for additional tests leave parents in the dark
Monday 27 February 2012, 4:28PMMedia release from Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
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Oceania aged care workers strike to go ahead
Monday 27 February 2012, 2:25PMMedia release from Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota
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DHB potential to reduce frontline staff
Friday 24 February 2012, 4:35PMMedia release from College of Nurses
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The latest New Zealand Medical Journal is out today
Friday 24 February 2012, 1:56PMMedia release from NZMJ
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Non-Essential (NEEDNT) food list, a new tool against obesity
Friday 24 February 2012, 12:00AMMedia release from New Zealand Medical Journal
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B4 School Check ambassadors to visit Christchurch
Thursday 23 February 2012, 9:09AMMedia release from Canterbury DHB: B4 School Check ambassadors the WotWots will be a star attraction at the Kidzone 24 roadshow in Christchurch this Saturday (February 25, 2012)
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Electronic sharing of patient records will help reduce clinical errors
Thursday 23 February 2012, 9:05AMMedia release from Canterbury DHB
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100 percent increase in Christchurch people with post traumatic stress disorders
Wednesday 22 February 2012, 3:50PMMedia release from Word of Mouth Media
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Red Cross recovery expert visits New Zealand
Wednesday 22 February 2012, 3:50PMMedia release from NZ Red Cross
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University of Otago supports research into veterans’ health
Wednesday 22 February 2012, 3:46PMMedia release from University of Otago
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Gingerbread House Challenge raises $11,000 for sick kids
Wednesday 22 February 2012, 3:35PMMedia release from Wellington Hospitals and Health Foundation
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Médecins Sans Frontières calls for urgent action to save lives in Myanmar
Wednesday 22 February 2012, 3:25PMMedia release from Médecins Sans Frontières
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NZMA remembers Christchurch one year on
Wednesday 22 February 2012, 2:52PMMedia release from NZMA
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GSK refuses to pay pharmacists for recall work
Wednesday 22 February 2012, 10:36AMMedia release from the Pharmacy Guild
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Med Lab futures in doubt
Tuesday 21 February 2012, 6:02PMMedia release from NZ Medical Laboratory Workers Union - On the eve of the anniversary of the devastating February earthquake, the future of medical laboratory workers in Christchurch has again been thrown into uncertainty
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Nga Maia Maori Midwives: opening of new national office, Hastings
Tuesday 21 February 2012, 4:49PMSpeech from associate minister of health Tariana Turia
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