A discussion on Health New Zealand's ongoing struggle with rural and regional doctor shortages, highlighting rising locum costs, the need for more permanent staff, and efforts to improve medical workforce distribution through training and flexible employment models.
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Yeah, it is. I agree. And I'm a Timaru. And Timaru is cool too. Look, there you go. But look, I guess it's about where people choose to live, isn't it? And also about the type of work. So we've got a real focus on intense recruitment. We have particular challenges, as you're aware, at Gisborne and Trafty. We'll make them big inroads in that area. But we also have to look at, you know, what does a remuneration package look like? What do the other opportunities for work look like? One of the opportunities with health New Zealand, I guess, is to offer people jobs across multiple districts, you know, the old DHB world, you worked in one hospital predominantly, now a real opportunity to go, okay, maybe I can work across several and then I can do different types of work in different hospitals. So we're looking at lots of opportunities.
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urgent need for long-term staff solutions
Dr Richard Sullivan: Health New Zealand national director says they want more permanent doctorsSpotted something wrong on this page? Report a correction.
