Mental Health Workers
Mental health nurses say CDHB bosses are ‘out of touch’
3 Dec 2018
About 50 mental health nurses met with Canterbury DHB bosses today, after two nurses were attacked within one week. Some of them told Checkpoint reporter Logan Church their bosses are simply out of… Video, Audio
Mental health sector failing, needs urgent fix - staff
20 Sep 2017
The mother of a paranoid schizophrenic says community-care is failing her son and others with the most chronic mental illnesses, and is advocating for hospitals to care for them full time. Audio
MoH tells DHBs not to pay mental health workers more
14 Aug 2017
A Ministry of Health document, leaked exclusively to Checkpoint, warns district health boards against paying mental health workers more. Meanwhile, they're leaving for higher pay elsewhere. Video, Audio