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From beans to business: A career stirred by occupational health
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From beans to business: A career stirred by occupational health
Thursday 13 March 2025, 04:00 PM

Phillipa Dobson-Brown is an occupational health nurse and the southern executive member of the New Zealand Occupational Health Nurses Association [Image: Supplied]
In the first of a profile series about practitioners in the wider primary care sector, reporter Zach Thompson speaks to Phillipa Dobson-Brown about what makes her tick and why she loves what she does
“I was thrilled because I always liked baked beans growing up”
When Phillipa Dobson-Brown arrived at a Heinz food factory in the UK to begin her