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In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic response, Wati began working as a kaimahi (health care assistant) at Te Hä Oranga, operated by Ngäti Whätua, in Dargaville. Wati, 54, was the first student to graduate with an EN diploma from NorthTec under the University of Auckland initiative. Since graduating as an EN, she has worked with young people, providing lifestyle assessments and early intervention for drug and alcohol use, anxiety, depression, and domestic violence. ENs, as a professional group, have suffered hurt and distress as a result of demeaning attitudes which questioned their value in the health system - with the role abolished altogether from 1993 to 2002, the article said.
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National director hospital and specialist services Fionnagh Dougan said no decision has been made "on whether winter payments will be made as part of Te whatu Ora's winter staffing arrangements", in response to enquiries by Kaitiaki. Data provided to Kaitiaki, after a complaint to the Ombudsman, showed the demand for additional shifts did not evaporate, as predicted. Mccallan said winter, and related illnesses, had always increased pressure on health services - but it had just got a lot worse as a result of the crisis of short-staffing.