Some 5,500 senior doctors in New Zealand’s public hospitals will strike nationwide on May 1 over pay and workforce shortages. Members of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS ...

Politicians should not be allowed to decide who can practise, the Medical Council warns.

Around 4,300 procedures will have to be postponed, says chief clinical officer for country’s primary publicly funded health care system More than 5,000 senior doctors and specialists walked off ...

About 5,500 doctors held a 24-hour nationwide strike in New Zealand on May 1 in protest against a pay offer of just 1.5 percent, spread over two years. This would be a major pay cut in real terms ...