Wellington, July 18 NZPA - A lack of interest in the Health Ministry's top job shows concerns about the Government's direction for the sector, Labour and the Greens say. However the Government says it is just a matter of getting the right person for the job.

Wellington, March 17 NZPA - One hundred and thirty jobs are proposed to be cut at the Health Ministry, Director-General of Health Stephen McKernan said today.

Wellington, March 17 NZPA - Health Ministry staff expect to be told of job cuts today. In October, Health Minister Tony Ryall said up to 500 jobs would go across the ministry and district health boards (DHBs).

Wellington, March 10 NZPA - The outgoing Director-General of Health, Stephen McKernan, says he is not being pushed from his job.

Wellington, Jan 29 NZPA - Cutting the salaries of public service chief executives would create a domino effect for other public servants, State Services Minister Tony Ryall says.

Wellington, Jan 29 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key has described as "dumb and hypocritical" a suggestion by Labour leader Phil Goff that public service chief executives' salaries should be capped.

By Ian Llewellyn of NZPA Wellington, Oct 15 NZPA - Most top public servants received substantial pay rises ahead of the world recession bringing down a veil of austerity, State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie said today.

Wellington, May 13 NZPA - A Whangarei doctor says his studies of hundreds of patients show that mercury amalgam fillings in people's teeth could be responsible for a lot of unexplained illnesses.

By Sharon Lundy of NZPA Wellington, Jan 27 NZPA - Finding ways of giving doctors and nurses more say in the health system is one of the aims of a ministerial group set up to review health spending.

Wellington, Jan 21 NZPA - The Government is being accused of forcing the canning of a major health conference for political reasons, but Health Minister Tony Ryall says the decision was about the best use of money.