ASMS

Working for better health care in New Zealand

The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) is the professional association and union uniting doctors and dentists in New Zealand.

Publications

Health Dialogue

‘Making up for being female’

Work–life balance, medical time and gender norms for women in the New Zealand senior medical workforce
Path to Patient Centred Care

Discussion on the potential benefits of patient centred care and what needs to happen to truly achieve it
Bullying in the New Zealand senior medical workforce: prevalence, correlates and consequences
Issue 13 – Future intentions of the New Zealand DHB-based senior medical workforce
Issue 12 – “Tired, worn-out and uncertain”

Burnout in the New Zealand public hospital senior medical workforce
Issue 11 – Superheroes don’t take sick leave

Presenteeism in the New Zealand senior medical workforce - a mixed-method study
Issue 10 – Proposed privatisation of hospital laboratories: weighing the risks of unintended consequences
Issue 9 – Reality Check: the myth of unsustainable health funding and what Treasury figures actually show
Issue 8 – Waitemata DHB’s ‘Package of Care’ Elective Surgery Model: A costly experiment?
Issue 7 – A Public Hospital for 2026: Queenstown
Issue 6 – The Future of the Leaking Bucket