Photo: Getty ImagesPsychologists working across the country's 17 district health boards have voted to refuse working overtime for five weeks as part of strike action. Members voted in favour of the first nationwide strike for psychologists in New Zealand after DHBs failed to address the workforce crisis. The union for health professionals, Apex, said the strike would start on July 31 and run through until September 3. Apex said the international benchmark for health services is that they employ 20 full-time psychologists per 100,000 people. They also work in physical health services including cancer, cardiac, spinal, diabetes and older people's health.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 16, 2019 06:22 UTC