Power to the scanners

APEX and Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora have settled a new collective agreement for medical imaging technologists, MIT students and radiology clinical assistants. You can read the collective agreement here.

We are also preparing for upcoming bargaining with Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora for new collective agreements for sonographers and MRI and Nuclear Medicine technologists.

There is also bargaining under way for MITs and sonographers employed by private radiology companies including RHCNZ (ARG, Bay Radiology and Pacific Radiology).

Our focus is on ensuring our collective agreement provisions are modernised in a way which strengthens the medical imaging workforce. Over the last year, since the release of Broken Scanners, APEX and Health New Zealand have been working together closely to improve radiology services. APEX and the Health New Zealand are working together to expand:

1. The availability of 7-day a week radiology services including increased weekend capacity for non-acute work.
2. On duty capacity including through greater use of night shifts, evening shifts and weekend shifts in place of on-call work, where appropriate.
3. Radiology services in rural and community hospitals and being able to utilise the network of scanners across the Health New Zealand system in a more flexible way.

Bargaining updates are sent out regularly by email newsletter and available through your local delegate.