Back to the Future for New Zealand's Doctors and Nurses
New Zealand's healthcare system is facing an increasing challenge to meet current demands while anticipating demand to still double in the next ten years. Yet..."The Government has funding for 154 general practice trainees; only two-thirds of the places have been filled." Meanwhile..."We have been told by the World Health Organisation that our reliance on importing health workers is unsustainable. About 70 per cent of psychiatrists, 40 per cent of all doctors and midwives, and 25 per cent of nurses and dentists working in New Zealand were trained overseas."
"Things must be done differently (says Des Gorman) and Health Workforce NZ has the task of facilitating this reform. Ironically, this includes a return to the past for both medicine and nursing."How so? Click title to read more from The Dominion Post [Jan 6, 2010] ...also new reports were released in Aug 2009 addressing the education and training of New Zealand's healthcare workforce.
Des Gorman is head of Auckland University School of Medicine and chairman of Health Workforce New Zealand.
Labels: health workforce, healthcare reform, healthcare workers, medical education, New Zealand, nursing education
posted by Ann Celestine @ 11:27 AM
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I wonder what happens to the funding in the meantime. Whose bank account does it sit in?
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