Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
19 stories since February 2025 Ongoing
Topics
- Senior doctors' pay dispute and strikes10 stories · September – October 2025Quiet since 17 Oct 2025
- New Dunedin Hospital plans6 stories · January – February 2025Quiet since 1 Feb 2025
- Public sector strike October 202511 stories · September – October 2025Quiet since 23 Oct 2025
All stories
October 2026
- Private sector received 80% of recent public health funding increases




- Doctors fail to stop Auckland Hospital bullying investigation



October 2025
- Public sector workers strike for better pay and working conditions


- Health Minister considers law change amid dispute with striking doctors



+2 - Health Minister accuses senior doctors of crossing an ethical line



+1 - Senior doctors and dentists to participate in October strike



+2
September 2025
- Wellington psychiatrist to work 56 hours despite two-day strike


- Six thousand senior doctors and dentists begin 48-hour strike



+3 - Health NZ applies to ERA to resolve senior doctors' pay dispute


- Senior hospital doctors to strike for 48 hours next week



+3 - Expert says doctors' rejection of binding arbitration was not surprising


- Christchurch Hospital emergency department faces record patient numbers


- Union rejects minister's call for binding arbitration in doctors' dispute



- Health minister calls for binding arbitration to end doctors' dispute



August 2025
- Health NZ offers bonuses for senior doctors in short-staffed areas




- Health NZ makes new pay offer to senior doctors

