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Junior Doctors' Strike
Friday, 16 June 2006, 12:50 am | District Health Boards
The following is intended to provide media with a national picture of how the hospitals are responding during the five-day junior doctors’ strike. Please attribute to Anne Aitcheson, National Coordinator Contingency Planning: More >>
Do Junior Doctors Really Want to Prevent a Strike?
Monday, 12 June 2006, 9:55 am | District Health Boards
More than 10 thousand people will have elective surgery and outpatient clinics postponed or deferred because of the threatened strike by junior doctors this week. More >>
The Status Quo is Not An Option!
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 10:25 am | District Health Boards
Junior Doctors or Resident Medical Officers today issued notice a five day strike from 0700 on Thursday 15 June, to 0700 on Tuesday 20 June. DHB Advocate Dr Nigel Murray says it’s absolutely outrageous that Junior Doctors are threatening to cripple ... More >>
Primary health care funding roll out
Friday, 12 May 2006, 4:49 pm | District Health Boards
Nearly 700,000 more New Zealanders will soon have access to cheaper doctor visits with $110 million in new money being pumped into primary care by the Government. More >>
Strategy for the safe and quality use of medicines
Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 12:13 am | District Health Boards
To err may be a human trait but recent studies and serious incidents have increasingly highlighted the magnitude of adverse events related to failures in the systems that exist in healthcare. Each year nearly 1,500 deaths coming under the label “adverse ... More >>
Strike Called Off After Progress In Talks
Friday, 26 August 2005, 4:12 pm | District Health Boards
District Health Boards have welcomed the PSA’s move to lift notice of strike action by PSA Mental Health nurses. More >>
PSA Should Come Clean
Friday, 19 August 2005, 5:04 pm | District Health Boards
PSA Mental Health nurses are gambling with the safety of mental health patients because they want a better deal than other nurses doing the same type of work! More >>
DHBs: Advisory on APEX Strike Action
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 9:17 am | District Health Boards
On Monday and Tuesday this week there was media coverage of the strike action threatened by Medical Radiation Technologists in nine DHBs – mainly in the North Island. More >>
Medical Radiation Technolgists Threaten Strike
Monday, 9 May 2005, 9:45 am | District Health Boards
Medical Radiation Technologists in hospitals mainly in the North Island have issued notice of a four-day strike. The technologists are threatening to stop work between midday on Monday 23 May and midday Friday 27 May in support of their pay claim. More >>
A Happy Christmas For Nurses and Midwives
Friday, 17 December 2004, 9:19 am | District Health Boards
Nurses and Midwives could have one of the largest ever pay settlements in public sector history as a Christmas present. More >>
Resident Doctor's Assn Strike Threat Removed
Friday, 22 October 2004, 9:08 am | District Health Boards
The Resident Doctor’s Association has withdrawn its threat of strike action. Spokesperson for the DHBs Jean O’Callaghan is happy there’s been enough progress for the RDA to lift the strike notice. More >>
There has to be a better way!
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 8:52 am | District Health Boards
Trainee Doctors are holding hospitals to ransom with unrealistic demands. Spokesperson for the country’s DHBS, Jean O’Callaghan, says DHBs have made provision to meet the doctors’ claim, but their Union has jumped the gun. More >>
Progress in nurses’ pay talks
Monday, 11 October 2004, 10:14 am | District Health Boards
The New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation has withdrawn its threat of strike action following two days negotiations with a mediator in Wellington. More >>
DHBs Meet Nurses’ Fair Pay Claim
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 8:34 am | District Health Boards
District Health Boards have made a pay offer that will give all nurses and midwives a significant pay rise. More >>
