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“We want to be valued for the work we are doing in a very over-stretched system.” But the claim was not just about pay, it was about well-being in an occupation where half of the doctors and dentists were reporting they felt burnt out. “We want safe staffing. We have a staffing shortage, and want to work on how to provide safe care.” The conditions needed to be attractive enough to encourage existing staff to remain, and to encourage new doctors to come to New Zealand. “We are all under huge pressures – we are over-stretched, short-staffed and have problems coping with the numbers coming to emergency departments.”