[2023] NZEmpC 75 Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand v New Zealand Nurses Organisation Inc [pdf, 266 KB]
...reducing the bed count from 25 to 20 would be a solution but, instead, considered that would spread the problem elsewhere in the hospital. The response was that it was better to continue to recruit, deploy staff in accordance with monitoring and resource allocation systems and to develop the role of support assistants. [18] Kathryn Mather, the Interim Group Manager Medical and Surgical Services, explained how the hospital was managing staff concerns about ward 5. The processes d...