Two thirds of full -time senior doctor positions in Taupō still vacant

Checkpoint can reveal concern at the dire level of full-time permanent staff at Taupō Hospital. Fixed-term and locum senior doctors there are relied on to fill glaring gaps, a situation the senior doctors' union says is unsustainable. Figures obtained by Checkpoint show just 3.3 out of full-time equivalent senior doctor positions in the town are filled. Jimmy Ellingham reports.