Medical physicists are carrying out a second-strike tomorrow that will last for seven days.
The health workers, who provide radiation services to cancer patients, are striking in five of New Zealand's six DHB's that provide radiation therapy.
A statement from APEX (Allied Scientific and Technical) today says the strike won't be happening in Canterbury.
"Medical Physicists are a small, specialised, crucial workforce, who are often overlooked. With still no offer from their employers to settle their collective agreement, they’re left with no other option but to strike.
"This is not fair on the patients or on the employees and ultimately shouldn’t be happening," says David Munro, Senior Advocate, APEX.
"It’s as if the DHBs don’t care about leaving their employees in limbo. Unfortunately, this runs the risk of losing some of the most highly trained, expert Medical Physicists in the world to overseas hospitals.
"It’s simply not good enough that their DHB employers haven’t even bothered to give them an offer."
APEX says the strike will restrict work during "anti-social hours" and balloting is underway for a third strike.
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