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News articleToday, the Ministry of Health has launched the “Help us shape the future of cancer care” survey asking New Zealanders to share their experiences with cancer to directly shape cancer prevention and care for New Zealanders Read more18 September 2019
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Ministry of Health senior leaders say achieving equity means achieving just and fair health outcomesNews articleKeriana Brooking (Deputy Director-General, Health System Improvement and Innovation) and John Whaanga (Deputy Director-General, Māori Health) emphasise that the only way to address health inequitie Read more13 September 2019
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News articleThe Ministry was a three-time winner in the Spirit of Service Awards achieving the Prime Minister's Award for the Healthy Homes Initiative, which also won the Better Outcomes Award, and the Leadership in Governance Award for Enabling Good Lives. Read more13 September 2019
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News articleToday, the Ministry of Health has published Every Life Matters - Read more10 September 2019
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News articleThe Ministry of Health has worked with DHBs and the distributors on a stocktake of MMR vaccine supplies. Read more10 September 2019
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News articleThe Ministry of Health has been notified about a diesel spill in the new boiler house at Grey Base Hospital. Read more30 August 2019
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News articleThe Ministry of Health is developing a new Māori Health Action Plan that aims to improve Māori health and wellbeing by further implementing He Korowai Oranga: the Ministry’s Māori Health Stra Read more27 August 2019
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News articleThe National Oracle Solution (NOS) programme has now been superseded by the Health Finance, Procurement and Information Management System (FPIM). Read more16 August 2019
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News articleA just-released study from the University of Canterbury shows that wider fluoridation of drinking water, higher vaccination rates, and enrolling with the local GP helps keep kids out of hospital for diseases that could be prevented. Read more15 August 2019