{"id":504449,"date":"2026-07-01T12:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/504449\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:10:10","slug":"health-new-zealand-shelves-major-hospital-restructure-for-midlands-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/504449\/","title":{"rendered":"Health New Zealand shelves major hospital restructure for Midlands region"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt is clear that there is an opportunity for further engagement. Therefore, to help deliver an effective change proposal that works for staff and patients, staff have been advised that the proposal will not proceed in its current form.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PSA said Health NZ had acknowledged concerns raised about the quality of the restructuring document and agreed to withdraw it.<\/p>\n

The union had anticipated almost 100 frontline health workers would have needed to reapply for their jobs.<\/p>\n

Public Service Association Te P\u016bkenga Here Tikanga Mahi national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons said the restructure proposal was riddled with gaps and errors. \u201cIt was impossible for workers to assess what was actually being proposed and how they were impacted. Some workers were not even told their roles were affected. Some roles proposed to go were not in fact being axed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHealth workers who were proposed to lose their jobs will be receiving letters saying that their roles are no longer proposed to be disestablished and that the proposal will not be going ahead,\u201d Fitzsimons said.<\/p>\n

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