Photo: ODT filesSouthern nurses go on strike tomorrow because they are fatigued, at breaking point, and constantly worried about patient safety, a local union organiser says. Nurses at Dunedin, Southland and Lakes District hospitals join New Zealand Nurses Organisation colleagues nationwide tomorrow due to a pay offer from district health boards being roundly rejected. Nurses will be off the job from 11am until 7pm, and they have not ruled out further industrial action. Workloads were unsustainable in the short or long term and were affecting the health and wellbeing of all staff and patients, the nurse said. "We are chronically understaffed and picking up overtime is a must to ensure that our patients are cared for."

Source: Otago Daily Times June 07, 2021 16:32 UTC