Marilyn is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Policy & Social Work at the University of York, Heslington, York, UK.

Today the Minister of Health released the fourth quarter results of the health targets introduced as a way of improving the performance of health services. The targets provide the health sector, both secondary and primary, with a clear focus for action.

The recently renovated Emergency Department (ED) at Tauranga Hospital includes three resuscitation bays, one procedure room and an isolation room. The renovations are designed to assist the treatment of critically injured people.

Bay of Plenty District Health Board CEO Phil Cammish said Matariki also coincides with the start of the new financial year for government organisations, and is an opportune time to look back on the successes of the year just gone.

On September 1st, Auckland grandfather John Bourne will begin a three week motorbike tour of the country covering from Cape Reinga to Invercargill for Blue September, the annual awareness campaign for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand.

Medsafe has advised the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) that there will be a patient level recall of one batch of Novo Nordisk's GlucaGen® Hypokit 1mg injection. This is the fifth recall for 2010.

Massive improvements in three of the heath targets, released today, as well as solid consistently high achievements in the three others is a reflection of Hawke's Bay District Health Board's work to deliver better health services from the health sector to the community.

By Adam Roberts for NZPA

Wellington, Aug 26, NZPA - British American Tobacco (BAT) has denied claims it uses video-sharing website YouTube to market its products, as research released today from Otago University claimed.

If Waikato DHB were a rugby team the coach would be telling the players they did okay but could do better when it comes to health targets, chief executive Craig Climo says.

Influenza H1N1 activity is continuing across the country, with variable rates of infection according to geographic region. Hawke's Bay has been experiencing the highest rates of influenza-like illness, with many people visiting their GP.