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District Health Boards are dumbfounded midwives won’t get a chance to vote on their latest pay, conditions and staffing offer before going on strike. The midwives union MERAS (Midwifery Employee Representation & Advisory Service) has issued .
Press Release – District Health Boards District Health Boards have reached out and talked to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation following the rejection of their latest settlement offer. Spokesperson Dale Oliff says the DHBs negotiation team had fruitful discussions with the NZNO and look …
District Health Boards have reached out and talked to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation following the rejection of their latest settlement offer.
Spokesperson Dale Oliff says the DHBs’ negotiation team had fruitful discussions with the NZNO and look forward to hearing the union’s response.
“Our fourth settlement package of safe staffing and patient initiatives, plus pay rises worth more than $400 million is still on the table.
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Emergency Department nurse, Kirstin Ramsay, at the nurses protest outside Christchurch hospital during a strike on June 9 around the country. Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) executive director of nursing, Becky Hickmott, confirmed the DHB had recieved the notice on Friday night. “We recognise the need to strengthen and optimise our patient treatment pathways,” she said. Hickmott said the ED had been “regularly exceeding well over 100 per cent occupancy since late last year. ED staff were integral, she added, and the DHB was committed to improving their working conditions. David Wait, the lead negotiator for the NZNO union, said the union had asked for staffing levels in hospital wards to be made public and for the implementation of penalty payments for nurses working on under-staffed wards.