Financial pressure appears to be the root cause of the resignations of 15 clinical staff at Waiwhetu Medical Centre. Financial pressure and a desire to have the Waiwhetu Medical Centre aligned more closely with the local marae appear to be behind a mass resignation of staff. Fifteen staff members from the Lower Hutt medical centre have quit, with patients receiving letters informing them “the majority of the doctors and nurses” had left on January 15. The centre had entered into an agreement to form a partnership with Whānau Ora Community Clinics to provide medical services. Waiwhetu Medical Centre is contracted by Hutt Valley primary health organisation (PHO) Te Awakairangi Health to deliver primary health services.

Source: Stuff January 22, 2021 16:00 UTC