Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 5:28 pm Press Release: Canterbury DHB
Correction to Sunday Star Times story re Canterbury
RMOs
A report in the Sunday Star Times last Sunday
incorrectly stated that the Canterbury District Health Board
had cancelled annual leave for its junior doctors until
August.
“While we have asked RMOs ( Resident Medical
Officers) to limit leave taken over the next few months, we
have not said that leave cannot be taken,” Mark Leggett
CDHB’s General Manager Medical and Surgical Services
Division said. The amount of annual leave given to
Canterbury’s RMOs during autumn/winter is being
constrained by the availability of relief, locum and agency
cover.
“We are working hard to prepare for winter as we
do each year. This includes consideration of winter staffing
levels,” Mr Leggett said. CDHB’s RMOs have been invited
to discuss any concerns about their annual leave and to
assist in managing the winter workload.
Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is a Christchurch, New Zealand based hospital and healthcare provider for the
Canterbury region of New Zealand. Our region extends from Kekerengu in the North, to Rangitata in the South and Arthurs Pass in the West and comprises the six Territorial Local Authorities of Kaikoura, Hurunui, Waimakariri, Christchurch City, Selwyn and Ashburton.
We collaborate with other health and disability organisations, stakeholders and our community to decide what health and disability services are needed and how to best use the funding we receive from Government to improve, promote and protect the health, wellbeing and independence of our population.
At the Canterbury DHB, our vision is to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Canterbury.