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Front line health compromised by govt cost cutting - doctors

Front line health compromised by govt cost cutting - doctors

Update: 2024-09-20
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Junior doctors are warning that front line health services are being compromised by government cost cutting; with staff shortages, delayed patient care and burnout and they claim the government estimate of a billion dollar budget overrun is fiction.Their union Speciality Trainees of New Zealand or STONZ surveyed members. 80 percent of the trainee doctors reported resources being cut in their services, STONZ Executive and plastic surgeon trainee Emma Littlehales spoke to Lisa Owen.
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Front line health compromised by govt cost cutting - doctors

Front line health compromised by govt cost cutting - doctors