Unvaccinated district health board (CDHB) staff were urged to get vaccinated on Monday, with some health boards offering dedicated vaccination clinics up to an hour before the deadline. The number of public health staff stood down over the vaccine mandate would be revealed “over the next couple of days”, Rosemary Clements, a spokeswoman for all 20 health boards, said. In a staff newsletter on Monday, Canterbury DHB chief executive Peter Bramley farewelled staff who had opted not to get the vaccine in the required time. McNamara, who had 12 years’ experience in mental health nursing in Melbourne, said she had just started in a role with the CDHB children and adolescent specialist mental health unit in October. Pegasus Health, an umbrella group for GPs in Canterbury, said the health order had not created any issues for its services to date.

Source: Stuff November 16, 2021 05:11 UTC