The shortage of gastroenterology specialists at New Zealand provincial hospitals — most acutely at Palmerston North Hospital — leading to suspended or delayed procedures such as colonoscopies, growing public waiting lists, and challenges in recruiting and retaining specialist doctors in regional health services.
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reliance on locums due to permanent staff loss
Health NZ apologises over paused bowel cancer procedures - but what next?Stacked weekly counts; colour by editorial lean. Stuff and The Spinoff lean centre-left, NZ Herald centre-right, others centre.
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