The Nurses Organisation has confirmed the Health and Disability Commissioner is investigating its complaint that female patients' rights are being breached and have been for years.
The complaint centres on whether patients are being told that very junior doctors, midwives and paramedics are observing or participating in the patients' obstetric or gynaecological procedures.
Kate Weston has been a nurse for 40 years and is an adviser for the nurses' union.
She speaks to Corin Dann.
