The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) is the professional association and union uniting doctors and dentists in New Zealand.
…could rise longer-term, with fewer choices available and reduced quality. “Investment in pathology laboratories, their processes, technology and staff should not be subject to short-term fixes, RFPs or strategies designed…
…provisions of this clause shall not apply to locums or fixed term employees who are engaged for six months or less. 36.2 Continuing Medical Education (a) The employer requires employees…
…the appointments committee. 52.3 Credentialling requirements at the district health board should be included as part of the appointment process. 52.4 Fixed Term Appointments An employee may be engaged for…
…resolve. However, those overseas-trained doctors on fixed term agreements of a year or less may effectively be left in limbo, unable to obtain new employment in New Zealand or sometimes…
…Conference over the following two days. Elections for National Executive, 2015-2018 The biennial term of the current National Executive ends on 31 March 2015. As a result of amendment to…
…short-term solutions rather than long-term answers. “Short-term solutions are about reacting to the environment the DHBs find themselves in but what New Zealanders need is a more considered approach that…
…and fatigue. This was further elaborated on at the branch officers’ national workshop on 14 August. The National Executive also approved a recommended research work programme and activities for the…
…adequately so that these shortages don’t worsen.” The full survey results are detailed in an ASMS Research Brief available online at https://www.asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/NMDHB-staffing-survey_168405.2.pdf. The NMDHB staffing survey is the fourth in…
…only in the long term, he says. Spare cash to invest in oral healthcare? Northland and Auckland dental officer Neil Croucher asked Dr Clark whether the Government would invest in…
…to realise that the term ‘competence’ is only an apparent quality of behaviour and depends on measuring performance in controlled circumstances, not the cut and thrust of everyday life. Every…