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NZ doctors defend nationwide strike action over recruitment

May 1, 2025

By Ruth Hill, RNZ News reporter Striking senior New Zealand doctors have hit back at the Health Minister’s attack on their union for “forcing” patients to wait longer for surgery and appointments, due to their 24-hour industrial action. Respiratory and sleep physician Dr Andrew Davies, who was on the picketline outside Wellington Regional Hospital, said ... <a title="NZ doctors defend nationwide strike action over recruitment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/nz-doctors-defend-nationwide-strike-action-over-recruitment/" aria-label="Read more about NZ doctors defend nationwide strike action over recruitment">Read more</a>

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Despite what political leaders say, New Zealand’s health workforce is in crisis – but it’s the same everywhere else

August 1, 2022

ANALYSIS: By Paula Lorgelly, University of Auckland Late last month, New Zealand Health Minister Andrew Little stated what most who work in health already know. Healthcare is all about people – the people being cared for and the people doing the caring. Population growth, ageing and a pandemic mean there is no shortage of those ... <a title="Despite what political leaders say, New Zealand’s health workforce is in crisis – but it’s the same everywhere else" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/01/despite-what-political-leaders-say-new-zealands-health-workforce-is-in-crisis-but-its-the-same-everywhere-else/" aria-label="Read more about Despite what political leaders say, New Zealand’s health workforce is in crisis – but it’s the same everywhere else">Read more</a>