Hundreds of Auckland nurses start on-call strike
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More than 370 theatre nurses at Auckland hospitals have begun a month-long on-call strike, in response to under-staffing concerns.
Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation working at Auckland City Hospital, Starship Hospital and Greenlane Hospital are refusing to be on-call from now until 23 June.
Starship nurse Haim Ainsworth said there were chronic and ongoing staff shortages in Auckland's hospitals.
He said nurses were forced to work longer than they should, were not being paid properly for overtime, and patients were being put at risk.
Te Whatu Ora has been approached for comment.
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