Shortages of specialist medical staff in New Zealand’s regional hospitals, including difficulties in recruiting and retaining specialists such as surgeons and cardiac staff, and related impacts on patient care and training.
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difficulty attracting specialists to remote areas
Women flown out of region to give birth due to hiring challenges, not funding, MP sayspressure on regional health services due to staff attrition
'It is a challenge' - Health NZ denies poor planning led to lack of gastro doctors at Palmerston North HospitalStacked weekly counts; colour by editorial lean. Stuff and The Spinoff lean centre-left, NZ Herald centre-right, others centre.
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