ASMS senior doctors’ 48-hour strike planned for 23 and 24 September 2025
Senior doctors and dentists at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike for 48 hours on Tuesday 23 September and Wednesday 24 September.
Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only.
GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strikes and will continue to operate as normal.
registered health clinicians (such as. nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, counsellors, psychologists and psychiatrists)
Kaitakawaenga (Cultural Advisors)
youth peer support workers.
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