A staffing “crisis” at Middlemore Hospital has sparked concern life-saving diagnoses may be delayed. APEX, the union for health professionals, says Counties Manukau DHB is facing the worst shortage of medical imaging technologists (MITs) it has “ever faced”.
Life-saving diagnoses of conditions like cancer could be delayed for South Aucklanders because of a workforce crisis, a union says.
In addition to recent reports about a maternity services crisis at Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau DHB is also in the middle of the worst Medical Imaging Technologist (MIT) staffing crisis the DHB has ever faced, sparking concerns that potentially life-saving diagnoses will be delayed.
Southern District Health Board allied services staff are stressed, fatigued and have a significant lack of trust in DHB leadership and management, a damning report says.
Medical Physicists, who provide essential radiation services to cancer patients, will begin their second strike tomorrow. The strike will last for seven days, from Wednesday 10 April until Wednesday 17 April 2019.
Lakes DHB Anaesthetic Technicians at Rotorua Hospital have issued notice for an unprecedented seven-day strike (168 hours of complete withdrawal of labour) from 8am on Monday 8th April until 8am on Monday 15th April.
Radiation Therapists are throwing their support behind Medical Physicists who are striking from 12 March until 25 March 2019.
