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Northland news in brief: City vehicle crash; and Northland public nurses to strike 14 May, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read This crash on Hatea Dr, Whangārei, yesterday didn't hold up traffic after a vehicle left the road and hit a street light before hitting some trees. Photo / Michael Cunningham. This crash on Hatea Dr, Whangārei, yesterday didn't hold up traffic after a vehicle left the road and hit a street light before hitting some trees. Photo / Michael Cunningham. Northern Advocate A person received moderate injuries after a van left the road and hit a street light in Whangārei, bef...

Crespin, who worked with elderly people and had been a nurse for 42 years, said things like showering and teeth brushing weren’t done when staff were busy. She wasn’t able to take elderly patients for a walk around the ward to help with their mobility, she said. Supplied “When you are rushing around, they are the things that get missed.” Staff were regularly doing 12- and 16-hour shifts because they didn’t want to let their colleagues down if a shift was short-staffed. It was enough to make older nurses want to retire early, and deter younger nurses from entering the workforce.

"The DHB offer on pay is about a tenth of what members have asked for," says David Wait, NZNO industrial advisor for the DHB sector. Some senior nurses and nurse practitioners are being offered an increase of less than 1 percent. "What we've been offered is lower than the rate of inflation. Decade upon decade it's actually a pay cut if you look at it realistically. The price of stuff goes up but our salaries don't," says a nurse practitioner who spoke to Newshub under the condition of anonymity. DHBs made their offer on March 25 - the union put it to members last week.

After starting plavix. gregg: two convicts escaped from a st. louis jail and they use used -- there is a rope hanging there and they were able to get out that window and down the rope. they are described as black males wearing yellow corrections uniforms and white tennis shoes. though there is a report they may have removed their jump suits and they are wearing white shirt and shorts. one is wanted for resisting arrest. other david wait burglary and domestic assault among the list of charges and crimes. we'll continue to follow what's happening in st. louis.