Will the budget deliver for burnt out teachers and nurses?
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The word crisis has become synonymous with our health and education sectors in recent years.
Under-resourcing, long work hours and poor pay have culminated in teachers and nurses walking off the job to protest these working conditions.
The 2023 Budget offers an opportunity for the Government to address these concerns, but economic pressure on the country right now means that any steps taken likely won’t go as far as many hope.
So what would our nurses and teachers like to see? Is there any hope of the Government delivering? And are we at risk of losing nurses and teachers to other countries if we don’t act now?
Liam Rutherford (immediate past president of the New Zealand Educational Institute) and Paul Goulter (CEO of New Zealand Nurses Organisation), gives Damien a sense of why teachers and nurses are burnt out and fed up.
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