Hospital cuts - Te Whatu Ora tell their story

A plan to cull 1000sq m of workspace from the new Dunedin hospital poses a "significant clinical risk", a clinician involved in the redesign says.

Members of a group of clinicians involved in the design changes which led to $90 million in savings spoke at a presentation to media by Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand (HNZ) yesterday afternoon.

HNZ used the briefing to emphasise the savings were largely made by using more efficient design methods, rather than cutting clinical capacity.

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