More than 3-thousand people are petitioning the government to urgently fix staffing shortages on the West Coast. Patient Voice Aotearoa says Buller Hospital's Acute Stabilisation Unit, which opened its doors in May last year, has been closed for jclose to a month because of staffing shortages. This comes as Nurses are accusing Health NZ of cutting frontline positions, by not replacing staff who go on leave or resign. Chair of Patient Voice Aotearoa, Malcolm Mulholland spoke to Charlotte Cook
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