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2009 Ministerial Media Releases by Date

2009 Ministerial Media Releases by Date

Media releases from the Minister for Health, The Hon. Carmel Tebbutt.
Media releases from the Premier of NSW available at http://www.premier.nsw.gov.au/newsroom/articles.html

Index | 2009 | 2008

Browse 2009 ministerial media releases by:

Date
Title

November

Minister launches material for Aboriginal teenagers and their parents [23 November 2009]
Thank A Paramedic Day [20 November 2009]
NSW Government releases report on health reforms [18 November 2009]
Computerised red carpet treatment reduces falls [17 November 2009]
Minister releases results from the 2009 Patient Survey [10 November 2009]
Dark side of tanning [01 November 2009]

October

Electronic Medical Record providing safer care in our public hospitals [28 October 2009]
Construction tenders called for Manilla MPS HealthOne [26 October 2009]
'Graythwaite' Sale Provides Significant Boost [19 October 2009]
National Nutrition Week - Get Healthy Line helping people to eat well [16 October 2009]
Response to AMA Public Hospital Report Card [14 October 2009]
Caring Together: standard principles for handover to improve patient care [12 October 2009]
Orange and Dubbo Base Hospitals move forward with Garling [02 October 2009]
NSW deploys doctors to assist in Samoa [01 October 2009]

September

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza vaccination commences [30 September 2009]
$1 million boost for development of dementia services [24 September 2009]
NSW roll-out of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza Vaccination to commence [23 September 2009]
Caring Together: key appointments to new Bureau of Health Information [22 September 2009]
State-of-the-art renal dialysis service opens at Auburn [18 September 2009]
Keep Them Safe: Family Referral Services [15 September 2009]
Hospitals Get $70 Million Injection For IV Pumps [10 September 2009]
Hospital Performance Improves Despite More Demand [08 September 2009]
NSW leads the nation against whooping cough epidemic [05 September 2009]

August

NSW Health campaign targets sexually transmissible infections [30 August 2009]
Flu numbers on the decrease - focus back on planned surgery [28 August 2009]
Health one-stop-shop for Pottsville [28 August 2009]
Faster treatment at The Tweed Hospital [28 August 2009]
Caring Together for The Tweed Hospital [28 August 2009]
Garrawarra Centre [26 August 2009]
Health Minister welcomes new Aboriginal Health Service [26 August 2009]
Caring Together: New health support staff for Dubbo [26 August 2009]
State-wide conference on delivering critical care in rural settings [25 August 2009]
New kids ward opens at award winning hospital [25 August 2009]
Additional funding to improve hospital's children's ward [25 August 2009]
CT scanner to boost patient care in Armidale [24 August 2009]
Official opening of new multi purpose health facilities [24 August 2009]
Executive Medical Director to improve local decision-making [21 August 2009]
New parenting program to help reduce childhood obesity [18 August 2009]
Caring Together in the Illawarra & Shoalhaven [12 August 2009]
Seven day a week hotline for pregnant women [11 August 2009]
Swine flu vaccine trial for children [10 August 2009]
$200 million Mater redevelopment sets new standard in health care [10 August 2009]
Assaults on paramedics up more than 60 per cent [08 August 2009]
Sydney Children's Medical Assessment Unit opens [04 August 2009]
High blood pressure and cholesterol rates soar [02 August 2009]

July

Minister welcomes new doctors to Blue Mountains Hospital [31 July 2009]
New doctors to Blue Mountains Hospital [31 July 2009]
Auburn renal dialysis service [30 July 2009]
e-learning for doctors and nurses on child treatments [28 July 2009]
Tamworth Hospital project director tender [27 July 2009]
Cochlear Implant funding [22 July 2009]
Nursing Home tenders [21 July 2009]
New medical retrieval service for critically ill patients [21 July 2009]
State first for Central Coast [20 July 2009]
NSW recruitment of Junior Medical Officers [16 July 2009]
Extra funding for NSW Rape Crisis Centre [13 July 2009]
Whooping cough epidemic in NSW [10 July 2009]
Whooping cough epidemic in the Illawarra [10 July 2009]
Whooping cough epidemic in Greater Western [10 July 2009]
Whooping cough epidemic on North Coast [10 July 2009]
Whooping cough epidemic in Hunter New England [10 July 2009]
Whooping cough epidemic in Greater Southern [10 July 2009]
NETS helps more than 50,000 children in 30 years [09 July 2009]
Australian first technology for Liverpool Hospital [09 July 2009]
2009 NSW Aboriginal Health Awards [07 July 2009]
Winter Health Strategy launched as seasonal flu cases surge [06 July 2009]
Major works take shape at Liverpool Hospital [03 July 2009]
Obesity Clinic opens at Camden Hospital [03 July 2009]
Tough new tobacco laws begin today [01 July 2009]

June

Hearing tests for newborns [29 June 2009]
Caring Together: New health support staff for nurses across NSW [29 June 2009]
Mandatory reporting of infection rates in NSW Public Hospitals [28 June 2009]
Caring Together for Shellharbour [25 June 2009]
Caring Together for Shoalhaven [25 June 2009]
Caring Together for Wollongong [25 June 2009]
New nurse leadership position at Wauchope Hospital [23 June 2009]
Planning continues for new Bega Hospital [22 June 2009]
NSW changes influenza response to "PROTECT" [17 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment for rural and regional NSW [16 June 2009]
Investing in health infrastructure for a better future [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment in western Sydney [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment for SWAHS [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment for SSWAHS [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment for SESIAHS [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment NSCCAHS [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment for NCAHS [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment for Illawarra [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment for the Hunter [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment for HNEAHS [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment for GWAHS [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment for GSAHS [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment for Children's Hospital at Westmead [16 June 2009]
Caring Together with record health investment for Central Coast [16 June 2009]
New linear accelerators for Prince of Wales and Wollongong Hospitals [15 June 2009]
New satellite dialysis unit at Mona Vale Hospital [15 June 2009]
Youth Health Policy Forum [15 June 2009]
NSW Government to deliver record $15.1 billion health budget [13 June 2009]
State Budget boost for patients with chronic illnesses [13 June 2009]
Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Traineeship Program [10 June 2009]
Anaphylaxis Schools Education Program [10 June 2009]
New generation of ambulances to treat patients in their own homes [05 June 2009]
Meningococcal disease on the rise this season [02 June 2009]
Swine Flu Clinics [01 June 2009]

May

NSW nurses fly to Brisbane to join Pacific Dawn [30 May 2009]
Hospital performance improves as demand for services rise [29 May 2009]
Health Minister honours palliative carers at awards night [28 May 2009]
MRI machine for St George Hospital [28 May 2009]
New Swine Flu protocols for sea ports [27 May 2009]
'Making A Noise About The Silent Killer' [27 May 2009]
Health Minister visits Taree for Caring Together forum [25 May 2009]
Improving patient communication at Manning Hospital [25 May 2009]
Port Macquarie Emergency Department redevelopment one step closer [25 May 2009]
New Executive Medical Director recruitment begins at HNE Health [22 May 2009]
Funding boost for Aboriginal Health [22 May 2009]
Large spike in paracetamol poisonings [21 May 2009]
Auburn Hospital opening [20 May 2009]
First Confirmed Case of Swine Flu in NSW [20 May 2009]
National award for Sydney South West [19 May 2009]
World Hepatitis Day: NSW community urged to remain vigilant [19 May 2009]
Architect appointed for Bega Hospital plan [14 May 2009]
Caring Together: Stage two forum for public hospital improvements [14 May 2009]
Health benefits from Commonwealth-NSW budget partnership [13 May 2009]
International Nurses Day [12 May 2009]
New data reveals young people continue to drink at risky levels [11 May 2009]
Caring Together: Garling state-wide implementation teams [09 May 2009]
Call for review of Whooping Cough education and prevention [09 May 2009]
Improving patient care and safety across NSW [07 May 2009]
Scholarships for Midwives [05 May 2009]
Hand Hygiene Program for NSW [05 May 2009]
Swine flu update [04 May 2009]
Patient care and safety enters the digital age [02 May 2009]
Minister opens High Dependency Unit at Wyong Hospital [01 May 2009]

April

Paediatric Intensive Care Unit expanded [30 April 2009]
Swine Flu update - Thermal Imaging Scanners at Sydney Airport [30 April 2009]
Swine Flu update [29 April 2009]
Swine flu update - planned changes to NSW Public Health Act [29 April 2009]
Bowral Hospital maternity [28 April 2009]
Pambula Hospital [28 April 2009]
Swine flu update [28 April 2009]
Swine flu update [27 April 2009]
Balmain Hospital GP service expansion [27 April 2009]
Top 10 baby suburbs surprise results [21 April 2009]
Rees reports back - delivers expansion to Wollongong Hospital [16 April 2009]
Shoalhaven in-home Stroke Service [15 April 2009]
Bulli Hospital [14 April 2009]
Service Check Register to improve patient safety [13 April 2009]
Sydney mothers lead baby boom [12 April 2009]
Enrolled nurse training [08 April 2009]
South West Sydney Youth Health Plan - a State first [08 April 2009]
NSW Opposition get facts wrong, again [06 April 2009]
Kurri Kurri Hospital [06 April 2009]
New CT scanner for Armidale Hospital [02 April 2009]
Expressions of Interest called for 11 State Nursing Homes [02 April 2009]

March

Caring Together: Major improvements to patient care and safety [30 March 2009]
Caring Together: Greater respect in the workplace [30 March 2009]
Caring Together: New health data bureau [30 March 2009]
O'Farrell's prescription: More bureaucracy, fewer nurses [27 March 2009]
State-wide hospital review [27 March 2009]
Caring Together: Pharmacists to play bigger role in patient care [27 March 2009]
Caring Together: Expanding out of hospital care [26 March 2009]
Caring Together: Fast-tracking emergency care [26 March 2009]
Fruit and vegetables good for the wallet and the waist [25 March 2009]
Caring Together: Overhaul of patient transport and extra rural doctors [25 March 2009]
Caring Together: Gender-based rooms for hospital patients [24 March 2009]
Tenders announced for new Blayney HealthOne [23 March 2009]
700th Cord and bone marrow transplant [18 March 2009]
Coonamble Multi-Purpose Service [18 March 2009]
Whooping Cough vaccine not just for kids [13 March 2009]
Pre-schoolers taught to dial Triple Zero in an emergency [12 March 2009]
Royal North Shore Hospital [11 March 2009]
Review of Mt Druitt Hospital elective surgery proposal [10 March 2009]
Treating more patients, sooner [09 March 2009]
NSW to make case for keeping Health Care Complaints Commission [05 March 2009]
Patients move into Warialda Multi Purpose Service [05 March 2009]
Options to be investigated to improve State-owned nursing home care [04 March 2009]
Keep Them Safe: Children's health a top priority [03 March 2009]
Doctors of tomorrow train at Camden's University Medical Clinic [02 March 2009]
Special treatment for Campbelltown elderly [02 March 2009]

February

NSW Health system leading the nation [26 February 2009]
NSW Hospitals reduce elective surgery waiting times [26 February 2009]
3000 Transplants at RPA [23 February 2009]
25th Birthday of St Vincent's Heart Lung Transplantation [23 February 2009]
New healthy weight coaching service [22 February 2009]
Maternity services to stayat Bega District Hospital [20 February 2009]
IRC assists to resolve Ambulance industrial action [19 February 2009]
New CT Scanner for Narrabri Hospital [19 February 2009]
State of the Art stroke scanning at Tamworth Hospital [19 February 2009]
New Forensic Hospital opened at Long Bay Jail [18 February 2009]
Ambulance deploys more paramedics to Victoria [18 February 2009]
Industrial action by Ambulance officers [18 February 2009]
NSW welcomes renewed Commonwealth attention on public health [16 February 2009]
Enforced drug and alcohol treatment trial under way [16 February 2009]
New mega lift ambulances unveiled [15 February 2009]
Nationals use Health as a political football [12 February 2009]
Mental health services boosted in the Illawarra [09 February 2009]
Forum to improve patient care in the Illawarra [09 February 2009]
NSW Ambulance Paramedics deployed to Victoria [08 February 2009]
Emergency care on the Central Coast receives a boost [06 February 2009]
Mt Druitt Hospital update [06 February 2009]
New health equipment boosts cancer treatment in Liverpool [05 February 2009]
Unrivalled choice for Illawarra families [05 February 2009]
Walcha multi-purpose health service officially opened [04 February 2009]
Forum to improve patient care in New England region [03 February 2009]
Emergency and planned surgery in Sydney's West [02 February 2009]

January

Forums to improve patient care in Nepean and Blue Mountains [30 January 2009]
Report on Government Services 2009 shines spotlight on health [30 January 2009]
Reducing high blood pressure decreases incidence of dementia [27 January 2009]
New report reveals commitment to quality and safety in NSW hospitals [25 January 2009]
Garling Report forum to improve patient care in the Hunter [23 January 2009]
Health Minister to discuss hospital improvements in Inner West [22 January 2009]
Lourdes Hospital agreement signed [21 January 2009]
Minister welcomes more rural doctors [20 January 2009]
Building works at Bathurst Hospital and Heritage Building [20 January 2009]
First regional forums to improve hospital services [20 January 2009]
New $1 million advertising campaign to tackle binge drinking [19 January 2009]
Health Minister to visit Inner West to discuss hospital improvements [16 January 2009]
Hunter forums to improve hospital services [16 January 2009]
First regional forums to improve hospital services [14 January 2009]
State Government intervenes to assist Westmead parents [13 January 2009]
New generation of ambulances to treat patients in their own homes [06 January 2009]

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