There are fears health worker strikes could become common place as conditions worsen.

Two and a half thousand resident doctors will strike next month over pay and conditions.

Former Health New Zealand chairman Rob Campbell told Mike Hosking that it could be the first of many more health worker strikes.

He said workers are feeling increasingly disaffected and unheard.

Campbell said that the agency needs to do better to prevent the strikes, it’s not good management for the issue to be hashed out in public.

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There are fears health worker strikes could become common place as conditions worsen. 
Two and a half thousand resident doctors will strike next month over pay and conditions. 
Former Health New Zealand chairman Rob Campbell told Mike Hosking that it could be the first of many more health worker strikes. 
He said workers are feeling increasingly disaffected and unheard. 
Campbell said that the agency needs to do better to prevent the strikes, it’s not good management for the issue to be hashed out in public. 
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