Even bowel screening can't escape the capital's housing crisis. Meanwhile, the city council has signed of in billions in spending for the next decade, but not without some 11th hour drama.
Wellington’s bowel screening programme started six weeks ago. (File photo) But although the resignations wouldn’t affect the scheme while it was in its early stages, recruiting in the future would be harder as hospitals around the country grappled with a shortage of nurses, Farley said. The board would focus on recruiting international nurses and would improve systems and processes to boost nurse retention, she said. “We are committed to bowel screening for our region and to ensuring that there is no cancellation or deferral of patients.” The board was outsourcing some work for the next three to four months, but external providers were also having trouble with recruitment, said specialist services operations manager Colin Spratt.
Joel MacManus and Bill Hickman07:50, May 28 2021
Ross Giblin
Wellington harbour and Oriental Bay. (file photo)
Mōrena, I’m Bill Hickman, breaking news reporter. Here’s what’s going on in the pages of The Dominion Post and the capital today.
7.45am: Police are looking for man involved in a violent incident in central Wellington Wellington Police want to hear from the public in relation to a violent incident at an inner-city bar about 12:50am on Friday, May 21. One person suffered moderate injuries as a result. Police want to identify the man pictured in the CCTV images and are asking anyone who has information to contact Police by phoning 105 and quoting file number 210521/5566.
Joel MacManus and Bill Hickman09:20, May 28 2021
Ross Giblin
Wellington harbour and Oriental Bay. (file photo)
Mōrena, I’m Bill Hickman, breaking news reporter. Here’s what’s going on in the pages of The Dominion Post and the capital today.
9am: Character, humour and pride embodied in award-winning image Warriors rugby league club staffer Bodie Friend was announced as the winner of the inaugural Kiingi Tūheitia Portraiture Award at a ceremony at Wellington’s TSB Arena on Thursday attended by Kiingi Tūheitia, the
Māori King. Friend won the the $20,000 award for his photograph of his great-uncle Pat Kingi, or Nana Pat, aged 88.
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Maternity is at crisis point, with a shortage of 200 midwives in hospitals nationwide. Kirsten Van Newtown started a petition for the government to start taking it seriously after her experience with a high risk pregnancy at Wellington hospital.
Year after year, babies are being born into a dangerously under-resourced maternity system. With hospital wards nationwide short 200 midwives and women having to fight for basic care, the minister previously in charge of the sector questions the political will to fix the problem. National Correspondent Michelle Duff investigates. Hours after Kelly gave birth by emergency c-section, she was ordered to get up and change her own maternity pad.