http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Content for Ministry of Health en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:15:01 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/headlines.cfm?o_id=121 League tables showing which primary health organisations (PHOs) are doing best - and worst - at meeting community health needs have been released by the Ministry of Health for the first time. The tables, to June 2009, ranked how... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/article.cfm?o_id=121&objectid=10632277&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 New Zealanders are being urged to have flu jabs soon, to give the country the best chance of a smooth ride through a likely second round of the international swine flu pandemic. The Ministry of Health predicts the resurgence may... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/article.cfm?o_id=121&objectid=10632098&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Patients may face longer waits for x-rays and scans from tomorrow as hospital radiographers start a week of rolling industrial action. Auckland, Waitemata and Counties Manukau District Health Boards have been given notice of industrial... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/article.cfm?o_id=121&objectid=10631946&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Kiwi babies are getting bigger - with 5kg newborns common in parts of the country. Latest Health Ministry figures show 31,169, or 48 per cent, of babies born in 2008 weighed more than 3.5kg, the largest weight category recorded... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/article.cfm?o_id=121&objectid=10631890&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 The Ministry of Health says a West Coast school is within its rights to prevent girls receiving the HPV shot on its premises. Hokitika's Westland High School board has refused to allow the Gardasil HPV vaccine, to protect girls... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/article.cfm?o_id=121&objectid=10631621&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:27:52 +1200 Tensions over health sector restructuring are thought to be behind Director-General of Health Stephen McKernan's decision not to seek a second four-year term when his tenure expires in July. Mr McKernan yesterday told the Herald... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/article.cfm?o_id=121&objectid=10631019&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Eighty-one people have been prosecuted by the Ministry of Health in the past five years for making fraudulent carer support claims to the value of $1,055,000. Another 15 investigations are in progress. The figures were released... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/article.cfm?o_id=121&objectid=10630534&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 A consultant with links to a community pharmacy did the review which may lead to popular medicines for the common cold being pulled from supermarkets and restricted to sale in pharmacies. The Ministry of Health is poised to make... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/article.cfm?o_id=121&objectid=10630396&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:00:10 +1200 A phone call by Emily Cotton's anxious mother probably saved the little girl's life after she became ill with a rare disorder. When the 23-month-old from Orewa began screaming hysterically, her mother, Susan, became concerned,... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/article.cfm?o_id=121&objectid=10630283&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 The Deans describe themselves as a family "orphaned by the tobacco industry" after losing their mother at a young age. Charlotte Dean was 35 when she died from a heart attack in 1987 while being treated for cancer. She left five... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/article.cfm?o_id=121&objectid=10630262&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Health services at one of New Zealand's largest maternity providers are under the spotlight after it was found to have a death rate significantly above the national average. The death rate in the Counties Manukau District Health... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/article.cfm?o_id=121&objectid=10630254&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 New Zealand's only national helpline for men will close tomorrow as its parent body Lifeline struggles with a funding crisis caused by the recession. Mensline, started 15 years ago in response to high male suicide rates, is the... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ministry-of-health/news/article.cfm?o_id=121&objectid=10629764&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200