Junior Doctors
Izzy Lomax-Sawyers: the life of a junior doctor
Doctors are always in a race against time and the fear of harming a patient never really goes away, says Izzy Lomax-Sawyers. In the new book Vital Signs, she chronicles her first year as a junior… Audio
DHBs accuse junior doctors' union of misleading its members, public
District health boards are accusing the junior doctors' union of making statements in public and to its members that are inaccurate and misleading and or deceptive. Audio
Junior doctors' strike a 'concerning situation' for stressed senior doctors
Some senior doctors are calling for an end to the row between junior doctors and district health boards, saying each strike is more damaging to patient care and is unacceptable.
Junior doctors strike
Working and training conditions are at the core of a strike by junior doctors. Long hours and working for up top 10 days without a day off is taking its toll on the trainees according to their union… Audio
Junior doctors take to streets demanding safer working hours
Striking junior doctors took to the streets today to protect safer working hours for them in public hospitals. About three thousand junior doctors began a two-day strike this morning in a battle with… Audio
Junior doctors' strike: DHBs say they're prepared
The needs of acute patients will be met during tomorrow's junior doctor strike, a DHB spokesperson says. Audio
Doctors' unions face off over new rosters
A rebel doctors' union says new hospital rosters that thousands of junior doctors went on strike for have wrecked their training and may be unsafe for patients. So-called safer working hours have been… Audio
Supporting junior doctors
Dr Jonathan Albrett has been awarded Australasian Clinical Educator of the Year for his First Year Doctors Acute Skills Teaching Programme. It's further good news for Taranaki DHB, which ranks as the… Audio
DHBs unhappy with junior doctor pay dispute deal
District Health Boards say the deal they've reached with junior doctors isn't a good one and will only bring a year of peace. Audio
Junior doctors reach roster deal with DHBs
Junior doctors and their employers have hammered out a deal in their long-running and bitter row over rosters.
Dr Lester Levy: health's most powerful appointee
Dr Lester Levy now leads all three Auckland DHBs - covering around a third of the country's population. He talks about why so much power has been vested in him - and what he intends to do with it. Audio
'Manageable': Hospitals face final day of junior doctors' strike
Major hospitals remained busy on the second day of a three-day strike by junior doctors, but a spokesperson says they are coping well.
Junior doctors' rift deepens
There are no signs that a dispute between district health boards and junior doctors over rosters will be over any time soon.
Waikato DHB braces for junior doctor strike
The Waikato District Health Board is rescheduling 500 patient appointments in anticipation of a strike next week.
Second junior doctor strike confirmed
Junior doctors are planning another 48-hour strike in the ongoing row with employers over rosters.
Doctors's making serious mistakes, not reporting them
Serious mistakes by exhausted junior doctors are going unreported because they think their concerns are falling on deaf ears, their union says.
Doctors' strike: Council to investigate claims of threats
The Medical Council will follow up claims of threats against junior doctors who were considering whether to strike, as they return to work today after 48 hours of industrial action.
Months of surgery backlog possible after doctors' strike
It could take months for hospitals to catch up with the backlog of planned surgeries after a strike by junior doctors, a senior doctor says. Video
Claims doctor's strike could delay surgery list by months
A senior doctor says it could take months for hospitals to catch up on planned surgeries, because of the resident doctors' strike. Audio
Junior doctors explain why they have to strike
2,500 junior doctors from around the country went on strike today in protest of long working hours. Checkpoint spoke to doctors on strike in Auckland and Christchurch. Video, Audio