The Public Health Association annual conference opens at Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawhaia today with a list of overseas speakers who will talk on the conference theme of Tomorrow for Tomorrow's People.

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Wellington, Sept 22 NZPA - The treatment of most Wellington child cancer patients will be able to take place in the capital, the Capital and Coast District Health Board said today.

A Christchurch nurse has been struck off the register for borrowing money from patients in a resthome or, in one instance, a patient's daughter.

The 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) welcome the OAG report on procurement presented to Parliament today.

Wellington, Sept 21 NZPA - A member's bill aiming to ban point of sale tobacco advertising has been delayed due to a lack of support.

Wellington, Sept 21 NZPA - A New Zealand doctor has had to help out Western Australia's Health Department because of a staff shortage across the ditch.

A Christchurch nurse has been struck off for borrowing money from rest home patients and in one instance, a patient's daughter.

Wellington, Sept 20 NZPA - Name suppression on a Christchurch midwife, barred from practising after a professional misconduct hearing, has been lifted.

The midwife is Mary Elizabeth Casey, The Press has reported.

Waikato Hospital is once again officially deemed a 'baby friendly hospital'.

The hospital received the maximum three-year accreditation last week from the New Zealand Breastfeeding Association (NZBA) following an audit last year.

Wellington, Sept 20 NZPA - People at risk of heart attacks will have easier access to treatment from next month when the price of cholesterol-lowering medication is cut.