Junior doctors for better conditions. Photo: Peter McIntoshDistrict health boards are accusing the junior doctors' union of making statements in public and to its members that are inaccurate and misleading and or deceptive. DHBs also upset with senior doctors' unionThe DHBs wrote that a media release from the senior doctors' union - the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists - stated that an offer by the-then Medical Council chair, Andrew Connolly, to meet the parties involved in the dispute had been raised in mediation but rejected by DHBs. The DHBs said they were "extremely concerned by the role [senior doctors' union was] taking in this matter". The DHBs also describe instances of what they said were inaccurate statements made in TV ads and in the media.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 17, 2019 21:33 UTC