Nurses
Hospitals would struggle in event of disaster - nurses' union
MPs have been warned that public safety is being put at risk because many nurses can't afford to live within walking distance of hospitals. Audio
Survival mode: Why some rural emergency services are under threat
Insight - Rural GPs and nurses are thin on the ground and the pressure on those trying to provide life saving emergency help is even more evident over the summer. Tess Brunton explores if they can… Audio
Staff shortages in aged-care sector leading to poor care of elderly
Workers in the aged care sector believe staff shortages are leading to inadequate care for the elderly, according to a survey carried out by unions working in the sector. Nearly 1200 workers from the… Audio
Mental health nurses say CDHB bosses are ‘out of touch’
About 50 mental health nurses met with Canterbury DHB bosses today, after two nurses were attacked within one week. Some of them told Checkpoint reporter Logan Church their bosses are simply out of… Video, Audio
Caring professions
Britain will need maybe 51,000 more nurses by 2021, a figure complicated by Brexit, reports the Independent today. We have trouble getting and retaining teachers, nurses, early childhood staff… Audio
Waikato DHB nearly $2 million deeper into deficit
Filling nursing gaps has pushed the Waikato District Health Board deeper into the red to the tune of almost $2 million.
Nurses warn Health Minister that violence is worsening
Nurses are warning that violence in hospitals is rising, saying some of them have suffered permanent brain injuries after being physically attacked on the job. Audio
Waitematā health board doubles Māori workforce
The Waitematā District Health Board has doubled the number of Māori nurses in three years and is set to double its entire Māori workforce. Since 2015, the number of Māori staff members at the DHB has… Audio
Nurses 'ignored' by Canterbury DHB over sexual harassment
A Christchurch nurse is accusing the Canterbury District Health Board of covering up "rampant" sexual harrassment by patients. In the past three years, the DHB has recorded 137 incidents of patients… Audio
District health boards confident in finding new nurses
The long-running hospital nurses' pay dispute is over but there is scepticism about how fast hospital staffing levels will improve. One emergency department nurse, who wants to be identified as Julia… Audio
Nurses settle with DHBs, but vow the fight isn't over yet
Nurses have endorsed the fifth pay offer from DHBs, which includes pay rises of between 12.5 and 16 percent, and strengthens commitments to safe staffing levels. But not everyone is seeing it as a… Video, Audio
Nurses agree to govt offer
Nurses have settled their long running pay and staffing row with the country's district health boards. RNZ Health Correspondent Karen Brown. Audio
Nurse left alone to keep baby alive
A nurse tells John Campbell she was left alone for 50 minutes to keep a newborn baby alive as her calls for help went unanswered. Video, Audio
New Accord won’t change vote, nurses say
A nurse and moderator of the Facebook page 'NZ, please hear our voice' says an Accord on safe staffing will just tell health managers what nurses already know - that they're understaffed. Video, Audio
Health Minister introduces Accord to improve nurses’ safe staffing levels
Health Minister David Clark has formed an Accord, to be signed by the ministry, nurses' union and DHBs, to address nurses' safe staffing levels. Video, Audio
NZNO encourages nurses to accept DHBs latest offer
The Nurses Organisation is urging members to accept the latest offer from DHBs, describing it as "outstandingly good". But it's unclear whether nurses will toe the line, given signs of ongoing anger… Audio
No more money for nurses, but DHBs commit to increase staffing
The Nurses Organisation is recommending its members accept a revised offer from DHBs which it says addresses issues over safe staffing and equity. Audio
NZNO recommends new DHB offer to nurses
Nurses Organisation Associate Industrial Services Manager is Glenda Alexander. She talks to John Campbell about why NZNO is recommending the offer. Video, Audio
DHBs present new offer to nurses
DHB spokesperson Jim Green joins Checkpoint live to discuss the latest offer for nurses. He speaks to John Campbell. Video, Audio
Nurse Siobhan Lehnhard: why nurses are speaking out
Nurses and their district health boards will head back to the negotiating table on Tuesday following the national nurses' strike on the 12 July. Neither group will talk about the details ahead of the… Audio