Nursing strike: Hawke's Bay nurse of 37 years says 'we're holding on ...
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New Zealand Herald
By Jack Riddell
Multimedia journalist·Hawkes Bay Today·
3 Dec, 2024 05:00 PM3 mins to read
A nurse at Hawke’s Bay Hospital, Noreen McCallan, says the hospital is struggling with nursing staffing.Around 36,000 NZ Nurses Organisation members, including 200 in Hawke’s Bay, went on strike for better pay and conditions on Tuesday.Health NZ’s Mark Shepherd claims there are more nurses on hospital floors and ongoing salary negotiations.
A woman who has worked at Hawke’s Bay Hospital for 37 years says she and her fellow nurses are “holding on by the skin of our teeth” because of staff shortages.
Noreen McCallan started working at the hospital in 1987 and said the situation wasn’t the worst she had ever
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