The budget will keep the public health sectors lights on, barely, and does not address increasing unmet need, longer waiting lists and over-stretched staff. 'This budget falls short,' ASMS Executive Director Sarah Dalton says.
At the same time as collective agreement negotiations with Te Whatu Ora have broken down and senior doctors and dentists are about to embark on unprecedented strike action, the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists - Toi Mata Hauora is releasing .
Senior doctors and dentists employed by Te Whatu Ora have voted resoundingly in favour of nationwide strikes for the first time in New Zealand, following the breakdown of their pay negotiations. The strike action comes as negotiations between Te Whatu .
Stopworks
will be held at every DHB starting on August 2nd.
ASMS
has been in talks with DHBs since February to negotiate a
new multi-employer collective agreement or MECA, but the
DHBs have failed to put an acceptable offer on the
table.
“We are asking for a very modest pay rise to
simply reflect cost of living increases and inflation, but
the DHBs continue to come back with a zero percent
increase,” says ASMS Executive Director Sarah
Dalton.
“We are very aware of the Government’s
public sector pay restraint advice, but every worker has the
right to at least keep up with inflation and not see their
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 12:55 pm
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Toi Mata
Hauora says patients and staff will be disappointed that an
inquiry into progress on planned new mental health services
has been knocked off the political agenda.
Government
MPs on Parliament’s health select committee have blocked a
National Party proposal for an inquiry into the delay in
providing 15 new mental health inpatient facilities which
would aim to accelerate progress and assess design
standards.
In its recent report, What
Price Mental Health? ASMS found that DHBs frequently
exceed 100% occupancy levels for mental health inpatient
beds, and the number of inpatient beds per population has