Anita Little's dismissal as business manager was the result, she claimed, of an instruction by her superiors to delist 10 patients from the CHI spinal surgery waiting list.

However, the outcome is "subject to various approvals" from CHI before it is completed, senior counsel Richard Keane told the court on Thursday.

Anita Little's job must also not be filled or advertised as being vacant pending further order, CHI have agreed in formal undertakings to the court