Nelson Marlborough Health (NMH) has contacted patients to postpone non-urgent elective surgeries, procedures and outpatient appointments in advance of the strike by New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) members on 9 June. The strike is scheduled for .
Nurses, midwives, and healthcare assistants who are members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) will undertake national strike action next week. The strike action will be involve a complete withdrawal of labour from all DHBs around the country .
That the NZ Nurses Organisation did not reject the “offer” out of hand indicates that it is organising yet another betrayal and, given its record, will seek to impose the Labour government’s pay freeze.
Southern District Health Board has begun postponing elective surgeries, procedures and outpatient appointments ahead of a New Zealand Nurses Organisation strike.