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A public hospital doctor is owed $1.27 million in annual leave while many more are owed hundred of thousands of dollars for leave they have been unable to take.
RNZ asked Health NZ to provide the highest 20 annual leave balances owed to senior doctors to the end of September. It said it was only possible to provide the top ten.
The ten doctors were owed $6.5 million of annual leave between them, with the second highest doctor on $715,000 and two more over $600,000.
Critics said the high leave balances were a dangerous liability for Health NZ and could give doctors another reason to walk out the door, taking a huge payout with the
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