New Zealand's health service, Te Whatu Ora, implements cost-cutting measures, including ending double shifts and restricting sick staff replacements, to address financial deficit.

Te Whatu Ora, New Zealand's health service, has ordered an end to double shifts and restrictions on replacing sick staff in hospital wards in a bid to save money and prevent a financial deficit. The new measures include 14 cost-cutting strategies outlined in a letter to a health union. The health service states it must address personnel-related costs and improve workforce shortages for financial stability.

April 19, 2024
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