MIL OSI – Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement
Headline: DHB rejects hospital meal proposal
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DHB rejects hospital meal proposal – ASMS
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The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) is the professional association and union uniting doctors and dentists in New Zealand.
13 July 2015
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NZ Herald – Jessica Roden
A proposal to truck frozen hospital meals from Auckland and reheat them in Northland has been rejected by the health board. Northland District Health Board follows Hawkes Bay DHB in rejecting the controversial cost-cutting proposal by NZ Health Partnership. Northland DHB chief executive Nick Chamberlain said the potential downsides outweighed the cost benefits. “One of the biggest concerns was the operational risk of having food trucked daily,” Dr Chamberlain said. There was concerns about what would happen if roads closed not just to Whangarei Hospital but also the district hospitals in Dargaville, Kawakawa and Kaitaia. The full article is available here.
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