Post by Logan on Jul 4, 2016 5:09:05 GMT -6
Doctors, nurses quit over new contract at New Hampshire Hospital
CONCORD — The state health commissioner is assuring hospital executives that patient units at New Hampshire Hospital will be “appropriately staffed,” despite a contract dispute that led some physicians and nurse practitioners to walk off the job Thursday.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock took over care of patients at the state psychiatric hospital on Friday.
In a June 30 letter to hospital CEOs, Commissioner Jeffrey Meyers said that a four-month extension of the Department of Health and Human Services’ contract with Dartmouth-Hitchcock will ensure “uninterrupted services” at New Hampshire Hospital, the Glencliff Home and Sununu Center.
DHHS had contracted with Dartmouth College, which includes the Geisel School of Medicine, to provide mental health services at those three facilities since the 1980s. The most recent contract expired on June 30, and DHHS had been working to finalize a new contract since February, according to agency spokesman Jake Leon.
Read more: www.unionleader.com/Some-doctors,-nurses-quit-over-new-contract-at-New-Hampshire-Hospital
CONCORD — The state health commissioner is assuring hospital executives that patient units at New Hampshire Hospital will be “appropriately staffed,” despite a contract dispute that led some physicians and nurse practitioners to walk off the job Thursday.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock took over care of patients at the state psychiatric hospital on Friday.
In a June 30 letter to hospital CEOs, Commissioner Jeffrey Meyers said that a four-month extension of the Department of Health and Human Services’ contract with Dartmouth-Hitchcock will ensure “uninterrupted services” at New Hampshire Hospital, the Glencliff Home and Sununu Center.
DHHS had contracted with Dartmouth College, which includes the Geisel School of Medicine, to provide mental health services at those three facilities since the 1980s. The most recent contract expired on June 30, and DHHS had been working to finalize a new contract since February, according to agency spokesman Jake Leon.
Read more: www.unionleader.com/Some-doctors,-nurses-quit-over-new-contract-at-New-Hampshire-Hospital