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Staff Threaten Walkout at Overburdened Clinic | Auckland News
Sixteen staff at Pahiatua Medical Centre are on the brink of walking out unless Tararua Health Group urgently fixes catastrophic under-resourcing—cancer screenings delayed a year, patients waiting three months for appointments, and just one point six nurses left after a drop from five. Staff can’t even administer flu shots or childhood vaccines, fearing preventable deaths as they’re forced to practice medicine beyond their capacity. They demand the PHO intervene immediately, rejecting its proposed review as bureaucratic delay, and want direct management scrutiny plus swift action—including…
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