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  •   Home > News > Health & Safety

    Radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients in the public health system will be affected by strike action over the coming weeks

    Radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients in the public health system will be affected by strike action over the coming weeks


    Medical physicists in the APEX union have begun the first of three 24-hour weekday stoppages.

    That will be followed by two weeks of industrial action, where they will only support radiation therapy treatment during ordinary working hours.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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