Seeking resolution NZNO members have done everything in their power to achieve pay parity without striking - agreeing to a one-year PHC MECA for 2018/19 in the hope extra government funding would be forthcoming Seeking support from the chief nursing officer Margareth Broodkoorn and director general of health Ashley Bloomfield The current Health and Education Minister, Chris Hipkins, found additional money earlier this year to boost the pay of early childhood education teachers to solve that sector's recruitment and retention issues [ ]that will have an escalating impact on secondary health services, as many of those unable to access PHC will end up in hospitals with entirely preventable health conditions
The struggle for pay parity in PHC