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The Acting Prime Minister stated that the nurses had promised that no one would be endangered by the strike of tomorrow.
Crisis negotiations to avoid a 24-hour nurses' strike failed.
The New Zealand Nurses Organization (NZNO) confirmed Wednesday that many nurses, caregivers and midwives He left office as of 7 am Thursday.
More than 30,000 members voted against accepting the latest version of a collective wage agreement presented by the District Health Boards (DHB) during an online vote. Monday.
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Up to 30,000 nurses and health care workers across the country will stop working for 24 hours on Thursday.
"The NZNO negotiating team has informed the DHB representatives that we remain available for further talks in order to resolve the stalemate of the negotiations and to come up with an offer acceptable to our members ", said the director of industrial services
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"Life preservation services and emergency plans will be put in place in the 20 councils District Health Patient safety and public safety are paramount. "
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DHB spokeswoman Helen Mason is disappointed that nurses go on strike without reviewing the recommendations.
The DHB and the NZNO held closed-door discussions, under the direction of a facilitator of the Labor Relations Authority (ERA) for almost two days
The Nurses' Union stated that the facilitation process had failed. But DHB spokeswoman Helen Mason disputed this at a press conference Wednesday in Wellington
"I am very disappointed that the strike continues, especially before the final recommendations are published." MURRAY WILSON / STUFF
The Nurses Organization of New Zealand issued a strike notice for Thursday after rejecting the latest district health council opinion.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Enterprise, Innovation and Employment (Mbie) confirmed that confidential recommendations had been sent to the lawyers of both parties at 16:30 – 20 minutes before the conference release of DHB with Mason.
Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters reiterated Wednesday that there was more money in the Ki
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Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) believe that tomorrow's nurses' strike will continue despite the last minute talks.
"We went as far as possible as a government. We had a negotiated arrangement, which we inherited. The nurses had nine raw years, "he said.
" We have doubled the supply. We took it to half a billion dollars plus 500 more nurses and changed the pay scale in terms of promotion. That's what we can do best in six months and a budget.
The impending union action has already caused tremendous disruption in appointment schedules for elective surgery and outpatient consultations, with nurses only engaging in
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Subordinate doctors went on strike in January.
While an emergency treatment will be available, questions about how hospitals will cope without the expertise of more than 30,000 members of NZNO – which include nurses, midwives and health assistants – were not clear
The decision of the nurses to fail The executive director of NZNO, Memo Musa, described it as "unprecedented".
Ian Powell, executive director of the Association of Salaried Physicians (ASMS), said the doctors had been
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DHB spokesperson Helen Mason spoke about facilitation with New Zealand nurses ??? Organization and Emergency Planning for Tomorrow's Planned Strike Action
"The Medical Council has been very clear: do not work out of your field of activity, that is, to say what you are trained to do. "
His organization was not sure of the magnitude of the impact of the strike on non-essential patient care.
"If life preservation plans work according to their intent, in theory there should be very little pressure. "When junior or resident physicians took advocacy measures, it was a challenge, but at least that was a group of more qualified physicians covering the work in an emergency." Situations for physicians less qualified and experienced.
A spokesman for the Minister of Health, David Clark, said Peters was the government leader on this issue.
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