Senior hospital doctors and dentists are voicing their
support for the thousands of general practice nurses who are
striking today, saying all healthcare workers deserve
investment.
The nurses are fighting for equal pay with
their district health board colleagues.
“These
nurses are at the coalface of our communities and the Covid
pandemic has served to highlight the essential service they
provide,” says the Executive Director of the Association
of Salaried Medical Specialists, Sarah
Dalton.
“It’s patently unfair that such pay
disparity exists between groups of workers with the same
qualifications and experience”.
There is similar
disparity among senior doctors with those employed in GP
practices and non-DHB organisations generally earning
significantly less than their DHB counterparts.
“We
rely on community-based services for people to access basic
healthcare,” Sarah Dalton says.
“Our colleagues in
communities are critical to improving people’s health
outcomes and they deserve the same salaries and conditions
as their hospital
colleagues”.
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