9 Nov 2023

Senior doctors and dentists reach settlement with Te Whatu Ora in pay dispute

From Midday Report, 12:11 pm on 9 November 2023

Senior hospital doctors and dentists have reached a settlement in their long-running pay dispute with Te Whatu Ora.

More than 5,000 members of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists took unprecedented nationwide strike action over concerns about pay, short staffing and workload.

Two further planned strikes were called off and the dispute ended up in the Employment Relations Authority.

Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Sarah Dalton spoke to Charlie Dreaver.