[2019] NZEmpC 34 Emmerson v Northland District Health Board [pdf, 908 KB]
...Background Overview of facts [3] Dr Lynda Emmerson1 worked as a junior doctor for the Northland District Health Board (NDHB) from 2012 until 2015. For much of this time, she worked on the Tumanako Inpatient Unit (the Unit). It provided mental health care for adult inpatients, at Whangarei Hospital. [4] Dr Emmerson did well on the whole as a house officer when working in the Unit in 2014. On becoming a registrar in the same Unit in December 2014, problems arose. [5] First,...