Who was it said 'No front line services will be affected'

[king1]

This sounds like a broken promise to me... Here we are short staffed by thousands and they have effectivly put the breaks on all new hires by not fronting up with relocation costs?  

So we can't train enough 
we can't pay them enough to keep them here
and now we effectively have a complete block on any new hires

I guess the decline will continue...
 

Budget cuts are hampering recruitment of frontline health staff, despite promises from Te Whatu Ora's new commissioner to the contrary.
Emails seen by RNZ show Te Whatu Ora recruitment teams are getting mixed messages from its directors on who is covering relocation costs for overseas hires, paying for job ads and hiring through recruitment agencies.
The health sector is struggling with a lack of workers and cuts to the budget from the government, which says it is keen to get spending under control.
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"Usually we'd pay for flights, hotels, but that's all stopped," they said. "If it costs money, we can't do it.
"[But] we're not allowed to tell [applicants] that. We basically go through the whole recruitment process, interviews, references, etc, until the offer stage."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5236...an-t-do-it