Inside the showdown between senior doctors and Health NZ over pay
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Thousands of senior doctors are on strike until midnight, after walking off the job yesterday.
Their long-running pay dispute with Heath New Zealand continues, with doctors saying the latest offer represents a ‘real pay cut’ when recruitment and retention is critical.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Simeon Brown claims they’re putting pay and politics ahead of patients, after thousands of elective procedures and appointments have been postponed.
So, what will end this cycle of disputes and strikes? And how do we fix our health system that’s been in crisis for decades?
Today on The Front Page, ASMS executive director Sarah Dalton is with us to break down the latest in talks, and what we can do in future.
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