20 Jun 2022

Taranaki DHB enticing staff to get flu shots as it declares itself a 'fortress' against winter illness

From Morning Report, 7:34 am on 20 June 2022

A night in a luxury hotel is being used to entice staff at the Taranaki District Health Board to get a flu shot.

The DHB has declared itself a 'Fortress' against winter ailments.

Only about 50 percent of its workers have been vaccinated so far and close to 200 kaimahi are off sick on any one day - compounding existing staff shortages.

Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more