http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/ministerial_bydate.asp Latest Ministerial Media Releases from NSW Health. For all ministerial media releases, visit http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/ministerial_bydate.asp. en-AU http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130521_01.html Health Minister Jillian Skinner has welcomed today’s NSW Industrial Relations Commission decision to allow the Emergency Medical Services Protection Association (EMSPA) to register as a union representing paramedics. 21 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130521_01.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130521_00.html   21 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130521_00.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130520_00.html Monday 20 May 2013 20 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130520_00.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130515_00.html   15 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130515_00.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130513_01.html Health Minister Jillian Skinner today said NSW paramedics have experienced three times more physical and verbal assaults to date than in the same period last year. 13 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130513_01.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130513_00.html Minister for Mental Health, Kevin Humphries, has called on the community to seek a better understanding of schizophrenia and its impacts on those it affects during Schizophrenia Awareness Week, which begins today. 13 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130513_00.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130512_01.html Health Minister Jillian Skinner has marked International Nurses Day by thanking the state’s 47,500 nurses and midwives for their dedication, skill and compassion. And she has chosen the day to announce the establishment of the inaugural NSW Health Awards for Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery. 12 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130512_01.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130511_00.html The Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research, Jillian Skinner, has congratulated leading Sydney neurosurgeon Charlie Teo on signing an international agreement aimed at introducing new therapies for brain cancer. 11 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130511_00.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130508_00.html   08 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130508_00.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130503_02.html   03 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130503_02.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130503_01.html   03 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130503_01.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130503_00.html   03 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130503_00.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130502_00.html   02 May 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130502_00.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130429_00.html   29 Apr 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130429_00.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130424_02.html NSW GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO PAEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE SERVICES IN THE HUNTER 24 Apr 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130424_02.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130424_00.html Health Minister Jillian Skinner today joined NSW Governor Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO to open a new Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre at Penrith. 24 Apr 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130424_00.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130423_00.html Communities across the state will have more opportunity to reduce the local impacts of drug and alcohol abuse under a plan announced by the NSW Government today. 23 Apr 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130423_00.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130422_02.html The NSW Government has teamed up with a few of the NRL’s best known faces to promote a campaign that encourages people who regularly drink to excess to question their relationship with alcohol. 22 Apr 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130422_02.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130422_01.html The state’s third largest oral health centre has today been officially opened at Nepean Hospital. 22 Apr 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130422_01.html http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130417_00.html   17 Apr 13 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/20130417_00.html