Deborah Powell
Junior doctors' union rejects criticism from breakaway group
The union representing most junior doctors is rejecting harsh criticism from a new breakaway union. The new union, Specialty Trainees of New Zealand, or SToNZ, is made up of trainee surgeons. It says… Audio
Patient violence at hospitals skyrockets
Nurses at Middlemore Hospital's emergency department are being issued personal emergency alarms for their safety after a spike in violent assaults on staff. Audio
NZ winter looms, emergency departments struggle
Medical staff at emergency departments around New Zealand have been stretched to their limits after record high patient admissions over the summer. Now they're worried about what winter will bring as… Audio
Auckland hospitals delay safer rosters for junior doctors
Hospitals in Auckland are dragging their heels on creating safer working conditions for fatigued junior doctors. The doctors went on strike several times in the past year to protest their long hours… Audio
Bad blood continues after junior doctors pay deal finalised
"I think Julie's just got sour grapes" The junior doctors union responds to DHB comments made after pay deal finalised. Audio
Junior doctors' union blames process for industrial action
The Resident Doctors' union has reached an agreement with DHBs over junior doctors' rosters. The union's Deborah Powell tells Morning Report the negotiation process has failed doctors and DHBs and… Audio
Doctors union commends Waikato patient for speaking out
The national secretary of the Resident Doctors' Association Deborah Powell commends Robert Williams for speaking out. she says there would have been a whole lot of contributing factors but she says… Audio
DHBs seek an urgent injunction to stop junior doctors' strike
District health boards are seeking an urgent injunction in a bid to stop the next junior doctors' strike, which junior doctors say is a sign of desperation. Audio
Junior doctors hit back at DHBs claims
"We keep on getting stopped from getting into some really heavy negotiations." The Resident Doctors Association union hits back at the DHBs claims. Audio
Junior doctors lack faith in DHB systems - RDA
As junior doctors returned to work yesterday after striking, the Resident Doctors Association says serious mistakes that are being made by exhausted junior doctos are going unreported. Audio
Junior doctors' strike is over, for now, but what's next?
Junior hospital doctors have returned to work but their dispute over rosters remains unresolved. Audio
Doctors to strike over working conditions
More than 3000 doctors across the country will strike for two days, in protest of working conditions including hours and shift-patterns. Audio
Advocate says time to end right of passage shifts
Junior doctors are voting on whether to strike. The Resident Doctors Association's Deborah Powell says there long hours and tiredness are putting their patients at risk. She says the long hours are… Audio
Loss of training accreditation at Hospital departments
The group that represents newly-trained doctors says an unprecedented number of hospital departments have lost their accreditation to train doctors over the past year, a sign that clinical standards… Audio
Junior doctors want action on bullying and discrimination
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons has apologised to all of those who have been victims of bullying, and says a culture change is needed. The College has accepted the findings of an inquiry… Audio
Emergency depts under rising pressure
Junior doctors say extra money is urgently needed so that hospital emergency departments can deal with a growing workload. Audio
Assaults on the rise in mental health units
The safety of staff and patients in the country's mental health units is coming under scrutiny. Audio
Hospital staff disciplined over eel x-ray
Over thirty Auckland doctors and nurses are being disciplined and some may be sacked for looking at xrays of a patient with an eel stuck in his rectum. Audio
Rural areas still struggling to attract doctors
A voluntary bonding scheme designed to attract young doctors, nurses and midwives to rural areas isn't meeting expectations. Audio
Health workers take industrial action over stalled pay talks
Key health workers have resumed industrial action amid growing frustration over a lack of progress in pay talks with district health boards. Audio
