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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Health workers frustrated at 'underspend' as contract disputes continue
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:04:08
	Publish Date:		2025-12-19 04:24:00
	Description:		Frustrated health workers are questioning why hospitals and health services are being asked to find another five hundred million dollars in "efficiency savings" out of this year's budget, while half a billion dollars earmarked for salaries went unspent last year. The "underspend" was due to unfilled vacancies, unpaid Holidays Act remediation - and the fact Health NZ has yet to settle its collective contract disputes with senior doctors and nurses. Ruth Hill reports.
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