![Heroic efforts in understaffed norm: How many full-time equivalents do we need, exactly?](https://asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Busy-hospital-400x284.jpg)
This column by ASMS Executive Director Sarah Dalton previously appeared in NZ Doctor magazine.
Like so many of ...
![Beating health care shortages requires fair pay for clinical educators](https://asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/NZTEU-Strike-400x284.jpg)
Fair pay for tertiary education providers is vital in ensuring New Zealand’s future medical workforce receives ...
![The ugly state of Kiwi oral health](https://asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Man_teeth_CR_istmylisa_on_iStock-481236692-400x284.jpg)
First published in NZ Doctor
A few weeks ago, ASMS quietly released our latest publication, Tooth be ...
![Family Planning and ASMS ‘fully behind fully integrated abortion care in NZ’](https://asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/abortion-rights-rally-us-400x284.jpg)
Family Planning and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists - Toi Mata Hauora say if one thing can be ...
![Senior doctors share allied health worker’s frustrations](https://asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Surgery-400x284.jpg)
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Toi Mata Hauora says today’s strike by allied health workers is a ...
![Health Budget 2022 – Will we get better?](https://asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Willwegetbetter.png)
The Finance Minister Grant Robertson has said this year’s Budget will be all about health. We’ve written a ...
![Staffing shortages elephant in the room in patient backlog plan](https://asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Busy-hospital-400x284.jpg)
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Toi Mata Hauora says a plan to clear patient waiting lists must be ...
![Government ghosting health workers](https://asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/tired-health-worker-400x284.jpg)
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Toi Mata Hauora says the Government continues to ghost health ...
![What happens to my job under Health NZ?](https://asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Keep-Calm-for-Website-v4-220x160-1.png)
On July 1st, DHBs will be disestablished and their functions will be taken over by Health NZ, including the ...
![Tone deaf DHBs pay peanuts for staff wellbeing](https://asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Salted-Peanuts-400x284.jpg)
ANOTHER CALLOUT: More than 1.2 million people attended hospital Emergency Departments (EDs) in the year to June ...
![Seismic funding shift needed](https://asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Money-400x284.jpg)
In the March edition of The Specialist we have an article from our health policy analyst Lyndon Keene about what ...
![‘No crisis’ – senior doctors beg to differ](https://asms.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Busy-Hospital-Blur-400x270.jpg)
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Toi Mata Hauora says senior hospital doctors would strongly refute ...