Latest fromHawke's Bay DHB
![10,000 allied health workers walk off the job](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
10,000 allied health workers walk off the job
Today's strike comes after more than 18 months of negotiations.
![Crisis point as DHBs grapple with health staff shortages](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Crisis point as DHBs grapple with health staff shortages
Thousands of health staff around NZ are off work with Covid, leaving others overworked.
![DHB board member roles scrapped three months before term ends](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
DHB board member roles scrapped three months before term ends
Time is ticking for DHB board members who won't be needed come July 1.
![Hawke's Bay Hospital services reduced as Covid-19 outbreak grows](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hawke's Bay Hospital services reduced as Covid-19 outbreak grows
Hospital has had to scale back services and operations, as number of Covid patients grows.
![Te Mata School principal says 'systems in place' to prevent Covid-spread](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Te Mata School principal says 'systems in place' to prevent Covid-spread
Keep calm, carry on, Te Mata School principal says school prepped
!['Terrible time' to be restructuring health sector - Reti](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Terrible time' to be restructuring health sector - Reti
Health spokesman says DHBs still missing agreed deadline to improve safe staffing.
![Hawke's Bay hits 90% double dose vaccination milestone on eve of new year](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hawke's Bay hits 90% double dose vaccination milestone on eve of new year
Milestone reached on the morning of New Year's Eve but the "mahi doesn't stop just yet".
![New Covid-19 case detected in Napier](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New Covid-19 case detected in Napier
The case was isolating at home an all known close contacts have been identified.
![US doctor asked to take English test to practise in NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
US doctor asked to take English test to practise in NZ
"I do think it would be very different if my name wasn't Ramandeep Kahlon."
!['They would be devastated': Fears for Flaxmere and Maraenui drive big vaccine push](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'They would be devastated': Fears for Flaxmere and Maraenui drive big vaccine push
"Go to them, instead of expecting them to come to you."
![Hawke's Bay vaccination campaign to get people to roll up their sleeves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hawke's Bay vaccination campaign to get people to roll up their sleeves
DHB's Ū Tonu initiative urges the region to keep going as national jab day announced.
![Hawke's Bay DHB internal network outage resolved, cause being investigated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hawke's Bay DHB internal network outage resolved, cause being investigated
A DHB spokeswoman said issue was not related to hacking and no patients had been impacted.
!['Unacceptable': Disparity in DHB staff vaccination levels revealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Unacceptable': Disparity in DHB staff vaccination levels revealed
Less than half of all staff at one DHB are fully vaccinated.
![Abrupt Covid-19 jab cancellations leave residents 'high and dry'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Abrupt Covid-19 jab cancellations leave residents 'high and dry'
Social distancing requirements are among the reasons cited by health officials.
![Ministry of Health keeps quiet on DHB staff vaccination rates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ministry of Health keeps quiet on DHB staff vaccination rates
The deadline for DHBs to know this information was August 31.
!['Big concern': Two per cent of inmates at Hawke's Bay Regional Prison fully vaccinated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Big concern': Two per cent of inmates at Hawke's Bay Regional Prison fully vaccinated
Prisoner vaccination is well behind the general population.
![Health Minister Andrew Little on planned nurses' strike](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Health Minister Andrew Little on planned nurses' strike
Midwives and nurses gear up to walk off the job on Thursday.
![Midwives strike: Six DHBs cancel non-urgent caesarean births](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Midwives strike: Six DHBs cancel non-urgent caesarean births
About 1500 hospital midwives are holding rolling eight-hour strikes this week.
![Midwives strike: Eight-hour rolling strikes begin today](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Midwives strike: Eight-hour rolling strikes begin today
Midwives in Auckland and Northland will be the first to walk off the job today.
![Hawke's Bay DHB employee stranded in India pleas for return to NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hawke's Bay DHB employee stranded in India pleas for return to NZ
Hawke's Bay DHB employee just wants to come home after being stranded in India
![10,000 vaccine doses in one week: Rollout ramps up in Hawke's Bay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
10,000 vaccine doses in one week: Rollout ramps up in Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay DHB hopes to administer 10,000 Covid-19 vaccines this week alone.