Deborah Powell

Hospitals in Auckland are dragging their heels on creating safer working conditions for fatigued junior doctors. The doctors went on strike several times in the past year to protest their long hours… Audio

"I think Julie's just got sour grapes" The junior doctors union responds to DHB comments made after pay deal finalised. Audio

The Resident Doctors' union has reached an agreement with DHBs over junior doctors' rosters. The union's Deborah Powell tells Morning Report the negotiation process has failed doctors and DHBs and… Audio

The national secretary of the Resident Doctors' Association Deborah Powell commends Robert Williams for speaking out. she says there would have been a whole lot of contributing factors but she says… Audio

District health boards are seeking an urgent injunction in a bid to stop the next junior doctors' strike, which junior doctors say is a sign of desperation. Audio

"We keep on getting stopped from getting into some really heavy negotiations." The Resident Doctors Association union hits back at the DHBs claims. Audio

As junior doctors returned to work yesterday after striking, the Resident Doctors Association says serious mistakes that are being made by exhausted junior doctos are going unreported. Audio

Junior doctors are voting on whether to strike. The Resident Doctors Association's Deborah Powell says there long hours and tiredness are putting their patients at risk. She says the long hours are… Audio

The group that represents newly-trained doctors says an unprecedented number of hospital departments have lost their accreditation to train doctors over the past year, a sign that clinical standards… Audio

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons has apologised to all of those who have been victims of bullying, and says a culture change is needed. The College has accepted the findings of an inquiry… Audio

Junior doctors say extra money is urgently needed so that hospital emergency departments can deal with a growing workload. Audio

The safety of staff and patients in the country's mental health units is coming under scrutiny. Audio

Over thirty Auckland doctors and nurses are being disciplined and some may be sacked for looking at xrays of a patient with an eel stuck in his rectum. Audio

A voluntary bonding scheme designed to attract young doctors, nurses and midwives to rural areas isn't meeting expectations. Audio

Key health workers have resumed industrial action amid growing frustration over a lack of progress in pay talks with district health boards. Audio

Radiographers and laboratory workers have resumed Industrial action citing a lack of progress in pay talks. Audio

Radiographers at Auckland City Hospital have walked off the job in the past hour in support of a pay claim. Audio

The junior doctor workforce is rife with dissatisfaction and industrial conflict and there needs to be radical change. Audio