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Thursday, 1st May marks a defining moment in New Zealand’s healthcare sector.
With 86% of senior doctors and dentists voting in favour of strike action, the stage is set for a 24-hour nationwide walkout. This isn’t just a protest—it’s a disruption that cuts to the core of how we manage our hospitals, our staff, and our patients.
And while the focus is rightly on fair compensation and safe staffing levels, hospital leaders now face an urgent question:
Are we prepared to protect patient safety during service interruptions?
⚠️ Disruption Is Inevitable. Chaos Is Not.
Every health system faces moments of crisis—strikes, pandemics, natural disasters.
What defines resilience is contingency planning and compliance control.
At Core Schedule, we offer two powerful modules to support healthcare organisations when operations are under stress:
🛡️ Core Compliance
Your safety net for clinical, contractual, and regulatory coverage.
Built to manage complexity, Core Compliance helps:
- Validate Life Preserving Services (LPS) rosters
- Track union vs. non-union staffing
- Maintain compliance with SECA and health & safety standards
- Provide audit-ready transparency
- Coordinate with CDs, HODs, and service managers
- Flag risks before they become failures
🛠️ Core Contingency
Your toolkit for building dynamic, crisis-ready rosters.
Whether it’s a strike, flood, or staff shortage, Core Contingency supports you to:
- Build emergency rosters in minutes
- Create surge plans for key departments.
- Fill gaps using best-fit matching.
- Identify cross-cover potential
- Respond to staff availability changes in real-time.
Strikes Are a Stress Test
This industrial action is a clear call for change—better working conditions, better resourcing, and better support.
But it’s also a stark reminder for operational leaders: we must be ready for the unexpected.
Core Compliance and Core Contingency were designed for exactly these moments—because crisis management shouldn’t start when the crisis hits.
Let’s not wait for the next emergency to build better systems. Let’s plan forward.