Nurses
Crisis within a crisis leaves rest homes in despair
A surge of elderly New Zealanders will require rest home care at the same time as a crisis in aged care nursing. Audio
What's the answer to GP shortage? Health Minister responds
Checkpoint has recently been reporting on the GP shortage that's forcing some of you to travel hundreds of kilometres to see a doctor or in some cases wait months to get enrolled in a local clinic.
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The week in Detail: Nurses, rugby, and HIV on the decline
The Detail brings you the issues that matter every weekday. Here’s what we covered this week. Audio
How hard is it to lure nurses to New Zealand?
Amid a global shortage of nurses, how does New Zealand lure health staff from overseas to fill our workforce gaps? Audio
Health Minister says Nurses Union not doing enough
The Health Minister's taken a swipe at one of the main nurses unions accusing it of failing to do its bit when it comes increasing wages. Nurses Organisation members were set to vote on a gender pay… Video, Audio
Australia invests $4.5 billion in healthcare worker recruitment
The shortage of healthcare workers could be about to get worse, after an Australian state announced a four-and-a-half billion dollar recruitment drive. The New South Wales Premier announced the move… Video, Audio
Tired, frustrated allied health workers strike, urging fair pay
Surgeries around the country have been called off and appointments cancelled as tired and frustrated allied health workers strike for fair pay.
Allied health workers include the health staff who are… Video, Audio
Nurses to consider legal action in historic pay equity settlement stalemate
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation will soon ask its members if they want to legally challenge an historic pay equity settlement.
Emergency department nurse Diane McCulloch
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation says nurses are still facing a crisis. The Prime Minister says Omicron should peak next month followed by a 'rapid decline' in cases. Diane McCulloch works in the… Audio
Nurses overworked and stressed while patients suffer - report
Nurses say they've been vindicated by an independent report that's found what they've been saying for years - they're overworked and under stress - and patients are suffering.
The review into safe… Video, Audio
Covid-19: NZ-trained nurses consider leaving over visa trouble
A group of New Zealand-trained nurses - some working with Covid patients - are considering leaving the country because they can't get a visa to live here.
Over 100 nurses sacked after refusing vaccine
Just over 100 nurses, 14 midwives and 10 doctors have been sacked from District Health Boards for refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
Auckland hospitals calling for more ICU nurses
Auckland's hospitals are asking others around the country to send intensive care nurses to help them cope with the Covid outbreak.
Nationwide nurses strike action suspended
The community spread of the Delta variant in Auckland has resulted in nurses immediately calling off their strike. Around 30,000 nurses, midwives and health care assistants from the Nurses… Audio
Nurses, DHBs begin pay equity talks, but strikes will go ahead
The Health Minister Andrew Little has written to District Health Boards and unions to invite them to start pay equity negotiations as soon as possible. Cabinet has approved funding for the agreement -… Audio
Not-for-profit aged care at "crisis point"
The aged care sector is short one fifth of its nursing workforce and some not-for-profit care providers say they're at breaking point, being forced to close wards and turn away admissions. There are… Audio
Midwives striking and marching on Monday
Midwives are planning a strike and march on Monday.To explain the way the strikes are being co-ordinated to make sure patients are still safe while midwives march, MERAS co-leader Caroline Conroy… Audio
DHB's take nurse union to court
Nurses are complaining they've been blindsided by a district health board move to take them to court over their next lot of strike action. Last week they rejected the latest pay offer by the district… Audio
Southern DHB nurse shortage puts patients at risk of harm
Patients are at risk of harm as a shortage of nurses on Southern District Health Board wards forces some to ration their care.
The problem was unearthed as part of a review into its safe-staffing… Audio
Nurses, DHBs head to court over strike action
Nurses and their bosses are heading to the courts over strike action, as both accuse each other of not doing enough to keep patients safe.
About 30,000 district health board nurses have issued a… Audio